Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold served as a Democratic U.S. Senator representing Wisconsin from 1992 until 2010, when he was defeated for re-election. An attorney, he previously served 10 years in the Wisconsin Legislature. Following his Senate defeat, he founded Progressives United, which says it mission is to "stand up to the exploding corporate influence in our political system by organizing and amplifying the voices of those who believe that corporations have too much power." Feingold is running against U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, the man who defeated him, in the 2016 election.
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Social Security "was basically invented" at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; "that's where Franklin Roosevelt got the idea."
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Says Ron Johnson "is benefiting from several super PACs, I am not."
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Says Donald Trump and Ron Johnson "oppose a woman's right to choose and Johnson voted against the Violence Against Women Act."
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Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change."
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Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
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Russ Feingold says U.S. ally Saudi Arabia exports extreme Islam that teaches Americans are the devil
Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are…
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Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."
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Says Ron Johnson gave himself a $10 million 'sweetheart corporate payout'
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Says Ron Johnson "voted five times for tax breaks that help companies ship Wisconsin jobs overseas."
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Says Ron Johnson justifies his support of trade agreements by saying the U.S. has the Trade Adjustment Assistance program for displaced workers, but then he…