Russ Feingold

Sam Stein

Feingold: Obama Responsible For Loss Of Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics


Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) formally announced on Sunday that he would support the Senate's final version of health care reform. But in doing so he c...

President Obama Loses His Base: He Just Ran Out of Slack

Tom Sullivan | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics


Tom Sullivan

The media was quick to declare the Obama honeymoon over this summer. Yet supporters exhilarated by Obama's win in November 2008 were still willing to cut him slack. That slack just ran out.

Sam Stein

Senate Democrats Consider Nightmare Scenario On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics


There is, currently, a nightmare scenario afflicting Democrats on Capitol Hill with regards to health care reform. And it goes like this: Sometime ear...

Russ Feingold, Ninja

Mike Stark | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics


Mike Stark

Russ Feingold voted against the PATRIOT Act, the war in Iraq, and the rest. And two days ago, I found out he does the little things that never show up on your TV.

Sam Stein

Feingold: Why Surge Where Al Qaeda Isn't?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.06.2009 | World


One of the fiercest critics of the proposed surge of U.S. forces in Afghanistan warned on Sunday that the policy would distract America from the pursu...

Sam Stein

Trio Of Anti-Surge Lawmakers Write Letter Of Opposition To Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics


Three lawmakers, including a now perennial anti-war Republican, penned a letter to the White House on Wednesday evening, formally opposing the preside...

The Right Campaign Metrics for Obama's Promises and Performance

Ari Melber | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics


Ari Melber

Even as the results from actual, live campaigns in Virginia and New Jersey roll in, the political and media establishment is fixated on the anniversary of Obama's election.

Sam Stein

Feingold: No Public Option A "Strong Reason" Not To Support Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics


The major point of contention between the White House and congressional Democrats is now whether a public option for insurance coverage has the 60 vot...

Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World


David Sullivan

We've all heard of Conflict Diamonds by now. But a troubling, less visible crisis haunts objects we use everyday. Here is everything you need to know about the next big issue: Conflict Minerals.

Key Senators, Krugman Call for Tariffs on High-Carbon-Footprint Imports

Mike Elk | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business


Mike Elk

In the wake of the China tire-import decision, we have heard a lot of rhetoric falsely labeling it as the beginning of a trade war. It is not. Workers around the world are engaged in an effort to protect themselves.

Ryan Grim

WATCH: DoJ Official Blows Cover Off PATRIOT Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics


In the debate over the PATRIOT Act, the Bush White House insisted it needed the authority to search people's homes without their permission or knowled...

Am I Free to Speak?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


Stephen Herrington

We have, for some decades now, been in an era that the framers did not anticipate, in which the reach and influence of money could shape the political landscape like never before.

Will the Corporate Supremes Now Dance on Democracy's Corpse?

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Harvey Wasserman

The contradiction between human rights and corporate power is at the core of the cancer now killing our democracy.

McCain Calls Out Chief Justice Roberts Over Campaign Finance Case

True Slant | Kate Klonick | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics


Yesterday marked the first case in front of newly-minted Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the Court spared no controversy. The case, Citizens United v. F...

Court signals it may loosen campaign spending

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may let businesses and unions spend freely to help their favored candidates in time for nex...

Russ Feingold: A Flexible Timetable To Bring Troops Home From Afghanistan

wsj.com | RUSS FEINGOLD | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics


After nearly eight long years, we seem to be no closer to the end of the war in Afghanistan. In fact, given the current buildup of U.S. troops and the...

Feingold Pessimistic That Health Care Reform Bill Will Pass This Year

Roll Call | David M. Drucker | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) predicted last week that Congress would fail to approve a health care reform bill this year, according to the Lakeland Tim...

Feingold, Breaking Washington Taboo, Calls for Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.25.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

Yesterday, Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin broke a Washington taboo. He called for a "timetable" for withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan.

Sen. Feingold Wants Timetable For Withdrawal From Afghanistan

ABC News | David Chalian | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


The Obama administration has been keenly aware of discontent among many in its liberal base with regard to its Afghanistan policy and an expected requ...

Senior Democrats Call Public Health Care Option Essential

Washington Post | Anne E. Kornblut and Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Several leading Democrats voiced concern Monday about an apparent White House shift on health-care reform, objecting to signals from senior administra...

Obama Should Nominate Feingold Next to Supreme Court

Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics


Matthew Rothschild

Obama would do himself proud, and his progressive base proud, and the Constitution proud, by nominating Russ Feingold to fill the next vacancy on the Supreme Court.

Feingold To Oppose Afghan War Troop Increase

Washington Independent | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


If Gen. Stanley McChrystal proposes, as expected, an increase in U.S. troops for the Afghanistan war, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) is "likely to oppose...

My Interview with the Man Who Spent 16 Years in Jail Because Sonia Sotomayor Denied His Appeal

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


Allison Kilkenny

Jeffrey Deskovic's case highlights some startling flaws in the US court and prison system, and a potential weakness in Sotomayor's judicial style: her history of preferring procedure over innocence.

Sam Stein

Feingold Writes Holder: Investigate Bush-Era CIA Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics


Senator Russ Feingold, who has played a leading private and public role in pushing for an investigation into possible illegalities under President Bus...

America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green


Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.