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Sam Stein

Feingold: Obama Responsible For Loss Of Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Public Plan, Health Care Reform, Feingold Public Option, Health Care Public Option, Obama Public Option, Politics News

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...

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

Tom Sullivan | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Matt Taibbi, Chuck Todd, Glenn Greenwald, Health Care Reform, Josh Marshall, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
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.

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Sam Stein

Senate Democrats Consider Nightmare Scenario On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Senate Democrats Health Care, Senate Democrats, Nightmare Scenario, Democrats Nightmare, Russ Feingold, Claire McCaskill, Cbo, Public Option, Blanche Lincoln, Congressional Budget Office, Health Care, Politics News

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

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Russ Feingold, Ninja

Mike Stark | Posted 12.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Chamber of Commerce, Howard Dean, Alan Grayson, Dick Cheney, Politics News
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.

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Sam Stein

Feingold: Why Surge Where Al Qaeda Isn't?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.06.2009 | World

Read More: Russ Feingold, Afghan National Security, Obama Surge Policy, Obama Surge, Feingold Afghanistan, Feingold Al Qaeda, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda Afghanistan, World News

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...

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Obama Afghanistan, Anti-Surge, Jim McGovern, Walter Jones, Afghan Opposition, Obama Surge, Politics News

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

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The Right Campaign Metrics for Obama's Promises and Performance

Ari Melber | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, David Plouffe, Arianna Huffington, Russ Feingold, Bipartisanship, 2009 Elections, Barack Obama, Politics News
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.

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Sam Stein

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Russ Feingold, Senate Democrats, Public Option, Filibuster Feingold, Feingold Health Care, Video, Politics News

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...

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Activists Put Congo's Conflict Minerals on the Map

David Sullivan | Posted 10.08.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Russ Feingold, Sexual Violence, Congress, Motorola, Conflict Minerals, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dell, Dick Durbin, United Nations, Mobile Phones, Corporate Social Responsibility, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Consumer Electronics, Human Rights, Mining, Africa, Sam Brownback, Hillary Clinton, Minerals, Electronics, World News
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.

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

Mike Elk | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Evan Bayh, Russ Feingold, Barack Obama, Copenhagen 2009, Robert Bryd, Tire Imports, Al Franken, Globalization, United Steelworkers, Paul Krugman, Climate Change, India, Leo Gerard, China, Unions, G-20, Business News
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.

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Ryan Grim

WATCH: DoJ Official Blows Cover Off PATRIOT Act

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Patriot Act, Justice Department Drug Dealers, Patriot Act Hearing, Patriot Act Reauthorization, Politics News

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...

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Am I Free to Speak?

Stephen Herrington | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Government, Freedom of Speech, Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, First Amendment, John McCain, Corporations, Freedomworks, Hillary Clinton, Constitution, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
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.

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

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thom Hartmann, Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, John McCain, Corporate Power, John Roberts, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Harvey Wasserman

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

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McCain Calls Out Chief Justice Roberts Over Campaign Finance Case

True Slant | Kate Klonick | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, John McCain, John Roberts, Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Politics News

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...

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Court signals it may loosen campaign spending

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Russ Feingold, Bill Clinton, White House, John McCain, Congress, George W. Bush, Antonin Scalia, President Obama, Theodore Olson, Joe Biden, John Roberts, Mark Penn, Clarence Thomas, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Senate Confirmation Hearings, Anthony Kennedy, Elena Kagan, Politics News

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

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

wsj.com | RUSS FEINGOLD | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Russ Feingold on Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Timetable, Flexible Timetable, Politics News

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...

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Feingold Pessimistic That Health Care Reform Bill Will Pass This Year

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

Read More: Russ Feingold, Congress, Healthcare Reform, David Obey, Politics News

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...

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Feingold, Breaking Washington Taboo, Calls for Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Russ Feingold, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Afghanistan War, World News
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.

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Sen. Feingold Wants Timetable For Withdrawal From Afghanistan

ABC News | David Chalian | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, General Mcchrystal, Pakistan, Mullah Omar, President Obama, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Afghanistan War, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News

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...

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Senior Democrats Call Public Health Care Option Essential

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

Read More: Russ Feingold, Jay Rockefeller, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Health Care Public Option, Politics News

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

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Obama Should Nominate Feingold Next to Supreme Court

Matthew Rothschild | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Feingold Obama, Russ Feingold, Us Constitution, Rhodes Scholar, Sotomayor Confirmation, Rick Warren, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings, Senator Feingold, Harvard Law School, Mccain-Feingold, Politics News
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.

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Feingold To Oppose Afghan War Troop Increase

Washington Independent | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Feingold, Russ Feingold, General Mcchrystal, Robert Gates, Afghanistan Troops, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Stanley McChrystal, Obama Afghanistan Troop Increase, Afghanistan Troop Surge, Afghanistan Troop Increase, Barack Obama, Afghanistan Troop Levels, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News

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...

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

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Jeff Sessions, Russ Feingold, Jeffrey Deskovic, Scotus, Patrick Leahy, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News
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.

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Sam Stein

Feingold Writes Holder: Investigate Bush-Era CIA Policies

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Russ Feingold, Obama Investigation, Eric Holder, Holder Cia, Feingold Torture, Holder Feingold, Feingold Letter, Obama CIA, Politics News

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

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

Steve Fleischli | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Arlen Specter, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles River, Waterways, Lisa Jackson, Congress, Lamar Alexander, George Voinovich, Dianne Feinstein, Clean Water Restoration Act, Amy Klobuchar, Streams, New York City, Rivers, Clean Water Act, U.S. Senate, Kansas, Commerce Clause, Supreme Court, Clean Water, Max Baucus, Wetlands, Drinking Water, Rapanos, Green News
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.

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