Russ Feingold
Temporary Success in the Senate
As you all know by now, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided last night to pull the deeply flawed Intelligence Committee FISA bill from the floor. He announced that we would return to the bill in January. Senator Chris Dodd...more »
Posted on December 18, 2007 1:17 PM
The FISA Debate Begins
This morning, the Senate starts debating legislation to expand the government's surveillance powers. Unfortunately, the bill we are going to be considering is the one reported out by the Senate Intelligence Committee in October, S. 2248. It did not have...more »
Posted on December 17, 2007 5:52 AM
WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
In January of last year, then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee at hearings to decide whether he should be confirmed as Attorney General of the United States. Going into those hearings, I had an open...more »
Posted on February 7, 2006 8:41 AM
IT'S BEEN FUN
It's been an interesting week to say the least. Thanks again to Josh and everyone here for allowing me to share some of this very important week with you. As everyone saw with the successful vote today, when people...more »
Posted on December 16, 2005 2:25 PM
PATRIOT UPDATE
We've just had a tremendous bipartisan victory on the Senate floor. We were able to hold off a cloture motion that would have put a time limit on debate, and for all practical purposes would have led to the eventual...more »
Posted on December 16, 2005 11:53 AM
CLOTURE VOTE THIS MORNING
Well, the cloture vote on the Patriot Act conference report is this morning at 11 AM and thanks to the help of many of you over the last four years, I think we have a good chance of winning this...more »
Posted on December 16, 2005 6:26 AM
VOTE ON CLOTURE TOMORROW
I don't know if you were watching this morning but we had a useful debate over the provisions of the conference report that need to be fixed. As you know, the Republican leadership in the Senate, along with the White...more »
Posted on December 15, 2005 2:08 PM
SENATE DEBATES PATRIOT ACT
Late yesterday I spoke on the Senate floor and laid out, in detail, the reasons why this conference report is a bad deal for the American people. This morning I appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. We talked about the strong...more »
Posted on December 15, 2005 7:42 AM
PATRIOT ACT UPDATE
Yesterday there was a press conference opposing the Patriot Act reauthorization bill headlining Bob Barr and the ACLU, an impromptu debate between Senator Specter and me, and announcements from Senators Reid and Leahy that they will oppose cloture. Today, the...more »
Posted on December 14, 2005 12:14 PM
NATIONAL SECURITY PRIORITIES
Yesterday afternoon I gave the fifth in a series of speeches detailing the problems with this Administration's flawed, Iraq-centric national security policies. You can read my speech here. You can read the previous four here. I opposed the Iraq war...more »
Posted on December 14, 2005 7:17 AM
