News Articles
- September 2, 2010 | from The Capital Times Republicans against bank bailouts can back Feingold Standing up to presidents of both parties is what distinguishes Feingold from the rest of the Washington crowd.
- September 2, 2010 | from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Johnson outspends Feingold by 3 to 1 on TV ads "Being the underdog, standing up to corporate special interests, is a position we are used to being in, and voters are beginning to learn that the Ron Johnson in his TV ads isn't the real Ron Johnson. He thinks he can fool voters but they won't be fooled."
- September 1, 2010 | from Jackson County Chronicle LETTER: We do need better Afghanistan plan Rather than send more troops to Afghanistan, where there is no military solution, the president should lay out a flexible timetable for redeploying troops so we are better able to combat al Qaeda’s global network without needlessly risking American lives and spending dollars we don’t have.
- August 31, 2010 | from Wausau Daily Herald EDITORIAL: Vet Center will help veterans get needed help In April, Sens. Russ Feingold and Herb Kohl and Reps. Dave Obey and Gwen Moore sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs asking for a Vet Center to be opened here.
- August 30, 2010 | from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Johnson slammed for accepting bonds In harsh, pointed language, the chairman of the State Democratic Party accused U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson of being hypocritical for accepting industrial revenue bonds in the early 1980s as the co-owner of an Oshkosh plastics manufacturing company while expressing doubt on the campaign trail that government can create jobs.
- August 30, 2010 | from Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Senate candidate makes his own history It's one thing to flip-flop on the issues. But who's ever heard of a candidate rewriting his own company history?
- August 29, 2010 | from Channel 3000 Feingold, Baldwin Attend War Memorial Unveiling "These are the kinds of symbolic places that cause people to be inspired to dedicate themselves to the protection of this country," said Feingold.
- August 29, 2010 | from Superior Telegram Feingold seeks return to office, responsible government spending “Sure, I’m a Democrat, proud to be a Democrat, end up voting more often on the Democratic side, but I am independent,” Feingold said. “Every survey, every analysis suggests that … I’m independent in the Wisconsin tradition.”
- August 29, 2010 | from Herald Times Reporter Letter: Rich senators out of touch Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Middleton), who was elected to Congress on a promise not to accept pay raises, has so far returned tens of thousands in raises to the U.S. Treasury.
- August 28, 2010 | from The Tomah Journal Letter: No, banks won’t be sending Senator a thank-you note A recent Journal editorial suggested that the big banks owed me a thank you note because I opposed the financial regulatory bill that overlooks the causes of the recent financial meltdown. After standing up to Wall Street interests throughout my career, rest assured I’m not waiting by my mailbox.
- August 26, 2010 | from Dane101.com Honoring Those Who Have Served This past week, U.S. troop levels in Iraq reportedly dipped below 50,000 for the first time since 2003. I am pleased that President Obama is sticking to the timetable to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of next year. However, after seven years, more than forty-four hundred American lives lost, tens of thousands more wounded and hundreds of billions of dollars spent, it has taken far too long to bring our troops home.
- August 25, 2010 | from Stevens Point Journal Letter: Feingold gets nod based on record, votes Russ Feingold is one legislator who has been able to address both unemployment concerns and environmental issues on realistic and effective levels. His recent environmental record is reflected by the League of Conservation Voters at 100 percent in this past session of Congress, based on 11 Senate votes on energy, environmental and public health issues.
- August 25, 2010 | from Hudson Star-Observer Feingold says he opposed policies that led to collapse He pointed out that he voted against the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program signed into law by President George W. Bush in October 2008. And he didn’t vote for the recent Wall Street reform bill, he said, because it isn’t strong enough.
- August 25, 2010 | from The Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune Feingold: Stimulus was right thing to do Feingold has a record for being fiscally conservative, said Ed Miller, political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, comparing Feingold's economic policies to those of the late Sen. William Proxmire, known for his opposition to government spending.
- August 24, 2010 | from Rock Netroots Johnson Factchecks Himself – Loses This is almost funny. When a candidate posts their own “factchecks,” the first impression I get is that they are disputing "claims" made in the media or by the opposition. Not so with GOP senate candidate Ron Johnson.
- August 24, 2010 | from FireDogLake News Feingold Using Afghanistan Opposition as Selling Point in Tough Race I was on a blogger call with Sen. Russ Feingold last night, and I was struck by his desire to lead with his opposition to the war in Afghanistan, as a show of his independence and his Constitutionally derived duty to act as an independent check on the executive. And he painted his opponent, Ron Johnson, as someone with an “unconstitutional view” of the job of Senator.
- August 24, 2010 | from The Huffington Post Russ Feingold: I Won't Be Done In By Citizens United Ruling The Wisconsin Democrat, in a conference call with bloggers and new media reporters, said he did not expect the fallout of the Supreme Court's late January Citizens United ruling to reach his Senate race.
- August 23, 2010 | from WKOW Johnson backs away from sunspot claim We told you last week how Johnson said solar activity was the more likely cause of climate change. But on Saturday he not only reopened the issue of global warming, but said he was also misunderstood when it came to the deduction for home mortgage interest.
- August 23, 2010 | from Racine Journal Times Re-elect Feingold In Wisconsin, Sen. Russ Feingold has worked with business leaders to create the E-4 (Employment, Economy, Education, Energy) initiative. Exciting new developments such as the Bioenergy Pilot Plant in Madison bring business and the university together to develop new ideas and new jobs. Why would we want to trust the drivers who drove us into the ditch in the first place? If you want to go "Forward," I urge you to support Senator Feingold.
- August 20, 2010 | from Daily Jefferson County Union Daily Jefferson County Union: Feingold lauds Jefferson Area Business Center's sustainability JEFFERSON - Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold visited the Jefferson Area Business Center Thursday, viewing the facility as an example of the innovative ideas that will benefit the U.S. economy in the future. "I believe this is going to be an innovative example of what downtowns and businesses are trying to do across the state," Feingold said. "I've been 'Main Streeting' all over Wisconsin the last few months, just walking into businesses and seeing what people are trying to do. There are some very innovative ideas."
