“Censure is about holding the administration accountable,” Feingold said. “Congress needs to formally condemn the President and members of the administration for misconduct before and during the Iraq war, and [...]
...misconduct relating to the war in Iraq and for their repeated assaults on the rule of law.Feingold said...
"I'm shocked [...]
The debate over the Iraq war reached a fever pitch on Capitol Hill with an all-night session and a Democratic proposal to withdraw U.S. troops. This Sunday we will be joined in studio [...]
We began an important fight because together we know the time has come for a Congress that shares responsibility for getting us into Iraq to take [...]
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 [...]
Senator Feingold's staff get's entertained by Reverend Billy's Church of Stop Shopping choir. CODEPINK and Reverend Billy get interrupted by Capitol Police, then the whole group exits while [...]
Q:There are some Democrats, especially a lot in [the blogosphere], who [...]
In the five months we’ve been in control of Congress, a unified Democratic caucus, with the help of some Republicans, has [...]
This situation is a collapse for Democrats. We had a strong start, pushed back against the President’s failed policy and held our ground that the supplemental should [...]
The Feingold-Reid bill that would end funding for the war in Iraq and to safely redeploy our troops will be brought up for a vote in the Senate tomorrow. The American people voted last November against the occupation in Iraq. It is about time Congress draws the line in [...]
March 19th marks the four-year anniversary of the Iraq war, one of the worst foreign policy mistakes in the history of our nation. On this solemn anniversary, we remember the more than 3,000 [...]
The use of national security letters since the September [...]
The legislation would strengthen the Buy American Act of 1933, which requires the federal government to buy American-made goods whenever possible.
"Over more than five years, Wisconsinites have lost tens of thousands of [...]
Our founders wisely kept the power to fund a war separate from the power to conduct a war. In their brilliant design of our system of government, Congress got the power of the purse, and the president got the [...]
On Tuesday, January 30th, Sen. Russ Feingold, chair of the Judiciary Committee's Constitution subcommittee, will hold hearings on Congress's power to end the war in Iraq. Sen. Feingold had this to say...“Congress holds the power of the purse and if the President continues [...]
There's some [...]
January 3, 2007
Washington, D.C. – Tomorrow U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will again introduce legislation to establish a timetable to redeploy U.S. troops from Iraq. The legislation builds on Feingold’s effort in the last Congress to end the military mission in Iraq in order to [...]
By redeploying our troops from Iraq, we can pursue a new national security strategy that [...]
I received an email from Sen. Feingold and the Progressive Patriots Fund today...
Thank you to everyone who filled out our Foreign Policy National Priorities Survey. I thought you might be interested to hear some of the results:
- 94.1% of you want the United States to emphasize global coalition [...]
“Unfortunately, the Iraq Study Group report does too little to change the flawed mind-set that led to the misguided war in Iraq. Maybe there are still people in Washington who need a study group to tell them that [...]
Thanks to everyone who has written in support of the Progressive Patriots Fund since the election. Your support and ideas over the past two years led to a Democratic landslide [...]
“We’re going to have to bite the bullet. We just have to have a [...]
The BeginningMr. President, how did we lose the focus on those who attacked us on 9/11? [...]
June 19, 2006
Tomorrow John Kerry, Russ Feingold and Barbara Boxer will offer an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill that sets a deadline of July 1, 2007, for U.S. troops to be redeployed out of Iraq, for purposes of strengthening U.S. [...]
The first step in creating a strong national security policy is recognizing that our massive presence in Iraq weakens our national [...]
