Russ Feingold

I rise today to offer a measure which will serve as a first step towards eliminating the inequities borne by the dairy farmers of Wisconsin and the upper Midwest under the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. The Federal Milk Marketing…

on October 15th, America lost it's reigning Polka King, and Wisconsin lost a beloved friend: Frankie Yankovic. From the day he debuted in the Milwaukee area at Bert Phillips Ballroom in Menomonee Falls, Frankie Yankovic has had a special…

But it has become clear that one thing that this Congress will not do before it adjourns is pass meaningful campaign finance reform. Today I want to serve notice that this fight is not over. If the people of Wisconsin in their wisdom send…

today I want to take this opportunity to thank Senator John Glenn for his long and distinguished service in the United States Senate. He has served this body with great dignity, and with an unparalleled commitment to our country. Of…

I want to wish all the best to Senator Kempthorne as he leaves the Senate. Senator Kempthorne and I both joined the Senate in 1992, and both, as very junior senators, initially found ourselves with offices in the basement of the Dirksen…

In these last few days of the 105th Congress, when I come to the floor, I often look wistfully to the aisle just to my left here, where Dale Bumpers has trod up and down yanking the microphone cord and dispensing wisdom for just about…

I offer my comments on the Nickles substitute amendment to H.R. 2431, the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Nickles] for all the hard work that he and others have devoted…

although I object to numerous provisions in the underlying bill, S. 1301, the Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, I was pleased to work with the Chairman and Ranking Member to include provisions important to the farmers of this country. Mr…

Ironically, bankruptcy is the only Federal civil proceeding in which a poor person cannot file in forma pauperis. What this means, in any other Federal civil proceeding you can file a case without paying filing fees if the court determines…

the original version of S. 1301 would have made a debtor's attorney responsible for the panel trustee's costs and fees if the attorney lost a 707(b) motion brought by the trustee-- not if the filing was made in bad faith, not if the filing…

it is fairly easy to try to make the words ``not substantially justified'' sound like a reasonable standard. But what really is going on here is an intrusion into the attorney- client relationship that is very dangerous. I practiced law…

I enjoy and appreciate working with the Senator from Iowa on many issues, and I have enjoyed all of his remarks except for the suggestion that somehow this is going to be a bad-faith attempt to try to improve the bill, or somehow attempt…

when I heard that bankruptcy was the only Federal Court proceeding in which a poor person is not entitled to file an in forma pauperis petition, I thought there must be some mistake. I found it somewhat surprising, counterintuitive, that…

section 102(A)(3) of S. 1301, the section of the bill that would make a debtor's attorney responsible for the costs and the fees of the trustee if the attorney loses a 707(b) motion and the chapter 7 filing if it is found not to be…

Let's sit down and try to work out something so that we can accomplish something in this regard to make the year 2000 elections look something better and different than the mess in 1996.

I say to the leader, that is what the amendment process is for. Your amendment came up and, quite frankly, didn't prevail. Our amendment came up and did prevail, and there were many other amendments and we just stopped. I recognize there…

I appreciate the comment. Let me indicate, as I indicated before, if the process of debating campaign finance reform would ever be permitted to involve the normal amending process, without even insisting on giving up the right to…

I say to the leader, I would be happy to try that process. We tried the poison pill, and it didn't work.

It is interesting that the Senator makes that comment because a few years ago, for example, there was no question that Philip Morris could not write out a million-dollar check and run ads like that, but somehow now it is almost standard…

again, we are down to 8 votes out of 535 Members of Congress. After a clear demonstration that a bipartisan majority in both Houses support this bill, we are just down to eight votes, eight votes to break the filibuster that is holding up…

I was wondering if the Senator would briefly be willing to continue the discussion of the constitutional issues. Mr. President, I appreciated the Senator's candid responses on the relationship of the Buckley v. Valeo decision to the issues…

This arms race of soft money spending on issue ads has to stop. And the way to do that is to ban soft money and bring these types of ads within the election laws in a fair and reasonable way that respects the constitutional rights of all…

I have a question about that very point. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Utah. Many of his remarks were devoted to the proposition that Mr. Hiatt couldn't give to various groups; independent groups.

The Rasmussen Research survey found that 68% of Americans believe newspaper editorials are more important than a $1,000 contribution. Only 17% think such contributions have a bigger impact. Americans may also support restrictions on…

If the corporation or union simply ran campaign ads, the prohibition would apply as well, would it not?