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The Long War on Terror: Obama Administration Renews the Patriot Act
Enduring America —
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From William Fisher of IPS News via AlterNet : With the health care debate preoccupying the mainstream media, it has gone virtually unreported that the Barack Obama administration is quietly supporting renewal of provisions of the George W. Bush-era USA Patriot Act that civil libertarians say infringe on basic ...10 hours ago -
McCain Silent on Global Warming Hoax Emails
Stupidica —
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Attempts to locate a statement or press release from Senator John McCain concerning Climategate have, so far, met with negative results. Senator McCains website indicates that his most recent press release (Oct 19) was a joint statement issued with Senator Russ Feingold (D.WI) that begins: "A day after a U.S. ...1 day ago -
Feingold leads Thompson in possible Senate race
POLITICAL TRUTH-THE BLOG THAT ROCKS —
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Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold leads potential Republican challenger and former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, 50% to 41%, according to a Public Policy Polling Survey. According to Public Policy Polling the problem for Thompson is "Wisconsin voters dont really like him anymore. 45% have an unfavorable opinion ...2 days ago -
PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson
Lakeshore Laments —
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I have some issues with the polling -- mainly that it took place over a weekend, which is never a good time to get a solid poll sample -- but expect this to be the headline all over Wisconsin political websites as Public Policy Polling (PPP) out of North Carolina says that as of this past weekend, Russ Feingold leads ...2 days ago -
Feingold launches “Spotlight on Spending” series
Blogging Blue —
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Yesterday Senator Russ Feingold, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced the launch of his “Spotlight on Spending” series to highlight actions Congress can take to reduce the deficit. The actions highlighted by Sen. Feingold are also included in the Control Spending Now Act Sen. Feingold authored, and ...3 days ago -
Senator Feingold targets Radio Marti as wasteful spending
Cuba Journal —
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Radio Ink November 23, 2009: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) has launched a "Spotlight on Spending" series to highlight items in his Control Spending Now Act, which includes 40 items that, the senator says, will reduce the government deficit by more than half a trillion dollars. The first provision featured by Feingolds ...3 days ago -
Feingold Picks Up Fleece Mantle
The Caucus —
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The Wisconsin senator, who is running for reelection, wants to shine a spotlight on wasteful spending.3 days ago -
Senate to start health care debate today
Blogging Blue —
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From CNN.com : To debate or not to debate the Senate’s health care reform bill; that is the question. The legislative body on Saturday is expected to vote on whether to begin debate — also known as invoking cloture — on its version of the health care bill, which was introduced Wednesday by Senate Majority ...6 days ago -
Feingold introduces jobs tax credit bill
Blogging Blue —
Authority: 544
Shortly after jobless claims numbers were released, Sen. Russ Feingold issued a statement announcing the introduction of a jobs tax credit bill: “Today’s jobs report clearly shows we need to do more to help people get back to work. With the unemployment rate at 10.2 percent, the highest since the early 1980s, ...6 days ago -
Wisconsin: For sale to the highest corporate bidder
The Proud Political Junkie's Gazette —
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by: Paul Griepentrog Below is a letter received from Senator Kohl of Wisconsin to queries about the unconstitutional provisions of HR 2749 and the infringements on the rights of the people. Senator Kohls letter follows this response from Paul Griepentrog. ...6 days ago -
Strange Bedfellows: To Weaken Campaign-Finance Law, Starrs Group Defends Edwards Backer
TPMMuckraker —
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A heavy-hitting group of conservative lawyers led by Ken Starr, Ed Meese is jumping to the defense of a Democratic trial lawyer and major John Edwards backer. No, they havent suddenly undergone a political conversion. Instead, they see a chance to undermine campaign-finance laws theyve never supported in the first ...1 week ago -
A few thoughts on Wisconsin’s 2010 U.S. Senate election
Blogging Blue —
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I came across an article in yesterday’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel regarding the 2010 U.S. Senate election here in Wisconsin, and what caught my eye (besides the fact that Senator Russ Feingold has alotta money ) is the fact that Dave Westlake and Terrence Wall, the Republican candidates seeking to unseat Sen. ...1 week ago -
Senators Ask Holder to Declassify Evidence on Patriot Act
The Washington Independent Blog —
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Anticipating that the debate over reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act will soon come to the Senate floor, Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) on Tuesday asked Attorney General Eric Holder to declassify key information about how the law’s “business records provision” ...1 week ago -
Pull the plug on the climate change bill
Featured States News —
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Original Author: desmoinesdem Few problems require federal action more urgently than global warming. I admire the members of Congress who have been trying to address this issue. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman tried to get the best deal he could. ...1 week ago -
Democrats in the Pumpkin Patch
Featured States News —
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Original Author: paul soglin Recently some hay was made of the agricultural status of land owned by Terrence Wall, prospective conservative challenger to Russ Feingold. Wall is benefitting from a tax break brought to Wisconsin, in part by Democrats. Have You Visited Terrence ...1 week ago -
Business tax credit for job creation
David Kirkpatrick —
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A good idea that ought to become a law : A Democratic US senator on Friday unveiled details of a plan to create a tax credit for businesses that create jobs, as the White House has called a December summit to tackle sky-high unemployment Senator Russ Feingold’s proposal would establish a tax credit over ...1 week ago -
Protecting Coal, but at What Cost?
The Washington Independent Blog —
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The push is on to dilute the climate change bills moving through Congress, and it’s not coming only from conservatives. Mother Jones’ Kate Sheppard reports today that 14 Senate Democrats are urging their leadership to amend the proposal to grant more free polluting permits to the coal-burning utilities that emit ...1 week ago -
Tomorrow: Why the GITMO Controversy in Illinois could make people in Wisconsin pay attention to the Illinois Governor race.
North Shore Exponent —
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The North Shore Exponent has been dedicating coverage to both the Wisconsin and Illinois races for Governor. Tomorrow, I will be examining the possiblity of GITMO detainees maybe moving to Illinois. This just does not affect Illinois, but this affects Wisconsin too as the proposed location is a three hour drive ...1 week ago -
Feingold “On the Issues”
Blogging Blue —
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Yesterday afternoon Senator Russ Feingold Russ sat downwith Mike Gousha for a discussion at Marquette University Law School. You can listen to the audio here .1 week ago -
The FISA Amendments: Behind the Scenes
Cato @ Liberty —
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I’ve been poring over the trove of documents the Electronic Frontier Foundation has obtained detailing the long process by which the FISA Amendments Act—which substantially expanded executive power to conduct sweeping surveillance with little oversight—was hammered out between Hill staffers and lawyers at the ...1 week ago
