Russ Feingold

July 12, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) today both introduced comprehensive legislation in the Senate and House, respectively, to ensure Americans are not forced into mandatory arbitration agreements to resolve employment, consumer, franchise or civil rights disputes. The bicameral Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007 amends the Federal Arbitration Act to make pre-dispute agreements to arbitrate employment, consumer, franchise, or civil rights disputes unenforceable.    » read more »

Reports Suggest Clear Channel May Already be Violating Agreement to Provide No-Strings Access to Music Programmers for Local, Unsigned and Independent Musicians

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is questioning four major radio companies on their commitment to ending payola or “pay-for-play” practices.    » read more »

Despite Increase in Oversight, Report Requested by Feingold and Others Shows Cheese Trading Market Remains Susceptible to Manipulation

July 5, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) expressed concern today following the release of a report showing the cheese trading market remains susceptible to price manipulation.    » read more »

Members of Congress wrote Letter in Support of Grant to U.S. Secretary of Energy

June 26, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) and U.S. Representative Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) praised the awarding of a $125 million grant from the Department of Energy to the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the creation of the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC).    » read more »

June 22, 2007 -- Washington DC - U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced that Wisconsin has been awarded funding to help improve history education. Wisconsin will receive $998,158 from the U.S. Department of Education for the Cooperative Educational Service Agency Region 6 (CESA 6) as part of the Teaching American History (TAH) grant program. The program assists more than 42 public school districts in the state. In February 2007, Feingold wrote a letter of support for CESA 6, which will use the grant to provide specialized training in U.S. history for Wisconsin teachers.    » read more »

Administration’s Top-Down Approach to Education Contradicted by Education Secretary’s Recent Op-Ed

June 22, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is leading a group of Senators in calling into question the Administration’s continued support of the No Child Left Behind law following a recently published op-ed by the Secretary of Education that expressed support for state and local control of education policy.    » read more »

Architects of Ethics and Lobbying Reform Bill Urge Senate Leaders to Maintain Provisions That Will Lead to Real Change in Way Washington Works

June 21, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Barack Obama (D-IL) are pushing for Congress to produce the strongest ethics and lobby reform bill possible.    » read more »

Feingold Calls for Fix to Law Which Has Blocked Thousands of U.S. Citizens from Receiving Health Care Coverage They Are Entitled to Under Medicaid

June 20, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is leading the effort to fix a law that is preventing hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens across the country from receiving crucial health care coverage.

Feingold is urging the Senate Finance Committee to fix the unintended consequences of the Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005, which has resulted in loss of coverage for low-income U.S. citizens across the country.    » read more »

Legislation Endorsed By Law Enforcement Organizations Would Help Identify Most Effective Crime Prevention Programs

June 14, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – An anti-crime bill authored by U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, which helps law enforcement agencies determine which crime prevention programs are most effective, has cleared its first hurdle. The bipartisan PRECAUTION Act of 2007, introduced with Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) and supported by a host of law enforcement and research organizations, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of a broader anti-crime measure.    » read more »

Legislation Overwhelmingly Passes Senate 67-26

June 6, 2007 -- Washington DC – Last night, the U.S. Senate passed legislation authored by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to examine the treatment of German Americans, Italian Americans and other European Americans during World War II as well as Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. The legislation passed as an amendment to the Immigration Reform Bill. Senator Feingold made the following statement on the legislation’s passage today:    » read more »

Contaminated Water Along Great Lakes Beaches Continues to Threaten Public Health

May 24, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is part of an effort pressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve state assistance for keeping beaches clean, including those along the Great Lakes.    » read more »

Feingold Writes Secretary Gates with Concerns Over Prolonged Medical Holds and Mental Health Treatment for Servicemembers

May 16, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is seeking information from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) regarding prolonged medical holds and mental health treatment for members of the Armed Services. In a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Feingold asked DoD to provide information about active duty, guard and reserve members on medical holds.    » read more »

May 15, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – During a speech at the 2007 National Wetlands Awards on May 9, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold called on Congress to restore the original intent of the Clean Water Act. Feingold said he will soon reintroduce the Clean Water Authority Restoration Act to reaffirm protections the Clean Water Act has provided to our nation’s rivers, streams, and wetlands for over thirty years.    » read more »

After Successfully Attaching Independent Review to Last Year’s WRDA Bill, Senators Will Again Push for Prioritization of Water Projects

May 14, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), John McCain (R-AZ), and Tom Coburn (R-OK) are continuing their efforts to reform and add transparency to the way the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers receives funding for and undertakes water projects.    » read more »

Bipartisan Amendment to WRDA Requires Army Corps of Engineers to Take Climate Change into Account to Better Protect Communities and Environment

May 10, 2007 -- WASHINGTON, DC –U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is part of a bipartisan effort to ensure the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers considers the effects of climate change when planning water projects.    » read more »