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Russ Feingold: Senator Feingold Leads Effort To Investigate Faulty Milk Price Reporting
By admin - Posted on May 10th, 2007
Senators Call for Stepped-Up Investigation After USDA’s Delayed Announcement of Serious Errors in Reported Prices of Nonfat Dry Milk
May 9, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is leading calls for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to step up its investigation into the bad reporting of nonfat dry milk prices, which led to financial losses for dairy farmers. In a letter to the USDA Secretary and the USDA Inspector General, Feingold led a group of Senators in calling for a quick investigation into the effects of the bad price reporting. » read more »
Russ Feingold: Feingold Works To Help Troops Avoid Unfair Cell Phone Fees While Serving
By admin - Posted on May 9th, 2007
Feingold Legislation Would Allow Servicemembers to Terminate Contracts Free of Penalties While Assigned Overseas or to Areas Without Coverage
May 8, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) has reintroduced a bill that would allow servicemembers who are transferred or called up to active duty to terminate cellular phone contracts without having to pay termination fees or reactivation fees. » read more »
Senator Feingold Leads Bipartisan Effort To Increase Funding For Section 8 Housing
By admin - Posted on May 2nd, 2007
Feingold Leads 27-Senator Effort to Help Low-Income Americans Afford Better Housing
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold is leading a bipartisan effort to increase funding for the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. In a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, Feingold and twenty-six of his Senate colleagues ask that funding for the cost-effective program be increased as Americans face increasingly unaffordable rental burdens and a lack of safe and affordable housing. » read more »
Senators Feingold, Graham Introduce State-Based Health Care Approach
By admin - Posted on April 26th, 2007
Bipartisan Legislation Would Help States Expand Health Care Coverage to the Uninsured
April 25, 2007 -- WASHINGTON D.C. – U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) want states to be the ‘proving grounds’ for the best method to cover the millions of Americans who currently lack health insurance. » read more »
Senator Feingold Introduces Bill To End U.S. Military Involvement In Iraq
By admin - Posted on April 20th, 2007
Senate Majority Leader Reid Cosponsors Legislation Forcing President to Safely Redeploy Troops by March 31, 2008
April 10, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Russ Feingold introduced legislation today to effectively end U.S. military involvement in Iraq. The bill, supported by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, requires the President to begin safely redeploying U.S. troops from Iraq 120 days from enactment, as required by the emergency supplemental spending bill passed by the Senate. The bill ends funding for the war, with three narrow exceptions, effective March 31, 2008. » read more »
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