Russ feingold

We need to get rid of the Federal Elections Commission. It's a joke. It doesn't enforce the law.

I was one of 14 senators to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act. I thought it was a harsh and unnecessary thing to do to people across this country who care enough about each other to want to be...

Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.

The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.

I don't want to hear again from the attorney general or anyone on this floor that this government has shown it can be trusted to use the power we give it with restraint and care.

I'm proud to be a Democrat.

Tea Party people know that I stood against the Wall Street scam from Day One, that I voted against TARP, that I voted against repealing Glass-Steagall Act that kept these guys under some control.

If a trip is worth taking, members of Congress should be prepared to justify paying for it out of their office accounts.

Money in politics is a huge issue.

I'm one of the only members of the U.S. Senate who isn't a millionaire. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with being a millionaire. But there ought to be a little economic diversity in the Senate...