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Feingold and Durbin Suddenly Mum On Patriot Act

Posted on March 1 2010 by Congress Watcher

Russ Feingold and Dick Durbin have not made a single statement about why they allowed the Patriot Act to be extended last week without making a single peep of protest.

The Most Liberal Members of Congress: Rankings for 2009

Posted on December 30 2009 by Congressional Aid

Whenever a Democratic member of Congress is running for election, the most common line of attack by Republicans is to label that Representative or Senator as a “hardcore liberal,” or “one of the most liberal members of Congress.” In 2004, Senator John Kerry was unsurprisingly labeled as the “most liberal Senator” by the RNC, and [...]

Listen In: Substitute for S. 1692 Was NOT Adopted Unanimously

Posted on October 2 2009 by Congressional Aid

At That’s My Congress, we would like to clarify a matter which may appear unimportant out of context. In context, however, the clarification demonstrates a small but consistent effort by two senators to reform surveillance laws in the direction of greater constitutional protection. In an otherwise excellent legislative analysis by Kevin Bankston of the Electronic [...]

UPDATE: Senate Judiciary Committee Will Consider JUSTICE Act Provisions Tomorrow

Posted on September 30 2009 by Congressional Aid

I’ve just gotten off the phone with a staffer at the majority office of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and I’ve been told that in tomorrow morning’s markup meeting, the Senate Judiciary Committee will indeed consider the provisions of Senator Russell Feingold‘s JUSTICE Act (S. 1686) when it works to finalize a bill regarding warrantless surveillance [...]

S. 1686, JUSTICE Act, Begins to Undo Damage of FISA and Patriot Act

Posted on September 22 2009 by Congressional Aid

Last week, ten Senators introduced legislation that would begin to undo the damage to constitutional liberty inflicted by the USA Patriot Act of 2001 and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. S. 1686, given the acronym of the JUSTICE Act, is a long bill; the following is a summary of its most central provisions: Revisions [...]

Feingold Introduces Legislation to ReEnfranchise Ex-Convict Americans

Posted on July 30 2009 by Congressional Aid

Senator Russell Feingold of Wisconsin will earn no points with the Law And Order segment of American society, the segment that pushes for ever-more harsh, broad and long-term punishment against convicted criminals. These are the people who banish people convicted of sex offenses to live under bridges after they have been released from prison. These [...]

Feingold Supports FISA and Patriot Act Reforms — After Making them Hard to Pass

Posted on April 18 2009 by Congressional Aid

April 16, 2009. Senator Russell Feingold issues the following statement regarding the FISA Amendments Act and the Patriot Act: Since 2001, I have spent a lot of time in the Intelligence Committee, the Judiciary Committee, and on the floor of the Senate bringing attention to both the possible and actual effects of legislation that has [...]

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