Russ Feingold

Feingold Seeks Reforms to Keep Wisconsin Family Farms Competitive as Senate Prepares to Take Up Farm Bill

November 2, 2007 -- Washington DC – As the full Senate prepares to debate the Farm Bill, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is outlining his priorities for the bill. Feingold is focused on protecting Wisconsin’s dairy farmers, pushing for much-needed reforms, creating opportunities for rural America, and ensuring that small farms remain competitive. The Senate is expected to take up the bill next week.    » read more »

Bill would save taxpayer dollars, protect public lands, and clean up abandoned mine sites

November 1, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) introduced legislation today to end an antiquated tax break for companies that mine for hardrock minerals on public land. The Elimination of Double Subsidies for Hardrock Mining Industry Act of 2007 will end the “percentage depletion allowance,” a concept created nearly a century ago to spur exploration and extraction of natural resources.    » read more »

Federal Regulations Are Needed to Help Stop Ocean-Faring Vessels from Bringing Harmful Invasive Species into the Great Lakes

November 1, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold and a group of his Senate colleagues from Great Lakes states want the Senate to address the critical issue of ballast water bringing invasive species into the Great Lakes.    » read more »

Amendment to Appropriations Bill Boosts Funding for Schools to Purchase Life-Saving Devices

October 24, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced today that the Senate has passed their effort to increase funding for a program to assist schools in purchasing and training on automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Feingold and Collins introduced an amendment to the Labor-HHS Appropriations bill to increase funding for the Automated Defibrillators in Adam’s Memory (ADAM) Act, a program they have long championed.    » read more »

Senators and Representatives Push State-Based Approach to Health Care Coverage as Part of the Long Term Solution to Insuring All Americans

October 15, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan coalition of senators and representatives is pushing Congress to endorse a state-based approach to ensuring all Americans receive quality health care coverage.    » read more »

October 3, 2007 -- Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“Today we turn again to Senator Feingold’s amendment. I have cosponsored this amendment in the past, and do so again today. The Feingold/Reid amendment is another chance for us to show real leadership by forging a responsible and binding path out of Iraq.    » read more »

September 20, 2007 -- Washington, DC — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the following statement today on the floor of the U.S. Senate:

“Yesterday the Senate voted once again on legislation with real teeth that would protect our troops and prevent the President from irresponsibly overburdening them. This was not a vote of symbolism. It was binding national policy. Yet once again, the Republican minority filibustered the Webb amendment.    » read more »

Teachers of the Year to Advise Federal Government on Impact of NCLB

September 18, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) unveiled legislation today to create a Volunteer Teacher Advisory Committee – which will be comprised of current or former Teachers of the Year – to advise Congress and the Department of Education on the impact of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) on students, their families, and the classroom learning environment. The Teachers at the Table Act is cosponsored by Senators Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), and Christopher J.    » read more »

Improving Student Testing Act Moves Away from High-Stakes Testing as the Primary Measure of Achievement

September 17, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Improving Student Testing Act today to amend the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Feingold and Leahy’s legislation focuses on improving the quality of assessments used to measure student achievement in our nation’s schools.    » read more »

Feingold and Colleagues Will Offer Amendment Using Congress's “Power of the Purse”

September 14, 2007 -- Washington DC – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced today that he plans to continue his push in Congress for an end to the open-ended military mission in Iraq. Feingold intends to offer binding legislation that forces the President to redeploy U.S. troops from Iraq by using Congress's "power of the purse” when the Senate takes up the Defense authorization bill next week.    » read more »

Amendment Comes in Response to Wisconsin Veterans’ Concerns Over Insufficient VA Services for Women

August 24, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is traveling through the African countries of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda to focus on security issues and their regional and international impact. For Feingold, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs, the trip marks his eighth visit to the continent during his tenure in the U.S. Senate.    » read more »

From the Shore of Lake Superior, Feingold Calls for an Immediate and Comprehensive Approach to Address Decreasing Water Levels

August 18, 2007 -- Port Wing, WI - During his Bayfield County listening session today in Port Wing, Wisconsin, located on the shores of Lake Superior, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced he will demand swift action to address the reported dramatic drop in water levels in the Great Lakes.    » read more »

High-Stakes Testing and Top-Down Federal Control Are Main Concerns in No Child Left Behind Reauthorization

August 13, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) are pushing for needed reforms to improve the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) education law. The Senators have written to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee outlining some of their priorities for the reauthorization of NCLB.    » read more »

Resolutions Condemn President and Administration Officials for Misconduct Leading Up to and During Military Involvement in Iraq, and for Undermining the Rule of Law

August 6, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) have introduced two censure resolutions in their respective chambers condemning the president, vice president and the attorney general for misconduct regarding our military involvement in Iraq and for their repeated assaults on the rule of law at home.    » read more »