President Bush has nominated Roberts to become the most powerful judge on the nation's highest court. The public has a right to see documents that will give us more information about his judicial philosophy. If the White House continues to stall, then it begs the question, 'What is the president hiding, and why' ... I applaud Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold for stating they will ask Roberts the tough questions and expect clear answers. We are urging Wisconsinites who value freedom and privacy to call their senators and urge them to oppose Roberts' nomination.
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The only likely contender for 08 who has so far made it clear that the war in Iraq is damaging U. S. national security and has actually proposed an exit strategy is Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold. Its time for senators and members of Congress, especially those from my own party, to be less timid while this administration neglects urgent national security priorities in favor of staying a flawed policy course in Iraq, ... Lets see if we can remove the troops after we succeed with a series of steps by the end of December 2006.
Senator Boxer has said she would vote for the Feingold resolution.
In the four years since the PATRIOT Act's enactment, a broad range of Americans have petitioned their state and local governments to protect them from unwarranted surveillance and other excesses of the federal government. Eight state legislatures and nearly 400 local and county governments have responded by passing resolutions upholding the civil liberties of their 85 million constituents, who make up one-third of the U.S. population. Such a large, powerful, and nonpartisan groundswell of people acting locally to hold their federal elected representatives accountable is unparalleled in U.S. history. We commend Senator Feingold for reading the state resolutions of Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maine, Montana, and Vermont, and the county and local government resolutions of his home state of Wisconsin aloud to his Senate colleagues yesterday.
Most Democrats avoided direct criticism of Feingold. I think he voted his conscience, ... It's an indication we didn't try to break arms and insist on a caucus vote.
I bet that really did stimulate contributions a lot. The censure resolution, and lack of any other Democrat backing it, really put a lot of Bush-haters onto Feingold.
To try to limit debate on this most important matter that Senator Feingold is trying to put before the Senate is not appropriate.
McCarthy emerged in the person of Senator Russ Feingold of Wisconsin.
I think it's terrific. I think (Feingold) has given one more indication that as people think this through, they realize, as he said, that it's time to end this discrimination.
This is doing Feingold a lot more good than you would have thought based on the reaction he got in Congress. Democrats were running like crazy to get away from it. But it's a great strategy for Feingold because it really helps him out in building a base of intense partisans.
There have been two overwhelmingly important votes in the last four and a half years regarding the Constitution, ... One, on Sen. Ashcroft when he was up for attorney general, and today's vote with respect to John Roberts. On both votes, Sen. Feingold voted against the Constitution and against the interests of the American people, and we're especially disappointed in him.
It's almost ludicrous that Feingold in the Senate has put up this idea of censuring Bush.
Feingold said it was not an easy decision ... has the legal skills, judgement and the character to be a good chief justice.
Feingold has always been a strong advocate for reform, but he's had a lot of things on his plate lately. We understand that Senators McCain and Feingold wouldn't always be in sync about things. They're both running for president. Whether that plays into this, I don't know.
We're already talking about the next nominee in code. Sen. Kohl, who voted yes, is talking about the balance of the court with O'Connor. Sen. Feingold is mentioning that he may not be receptive to Justice Brown. I can understand it. That's the way this situation is in 2005.