American - Politician | March 2, 1953 -
Instead of taking a very high-paying type of law job or something that I might be able to do, I have been a legislator. That's what I do. I think it's an honorable profession - if you're honest and have integrity and work hard.
Russ Feingold
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Most of my town hall meetings had always been love fests, and some of my guys used to complain: 'I'd like for somebody to yell at you a bit.'
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Occupy Wall Street is a real movement.
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The Tea Party ended up being a shill for corporate America.
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It is not patriotic to decide to destroy a new president who was duly elected by an overwhelming margin. It is un-patriotic to resolve to destroy that presidency.
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Money in politics is a huge issue.
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I don't know how it could be more stark or clear: this entire society is being dominated by corporate power in a way that may exceed what happened in the late nineteenth century, early twentieth century.
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The notion of American exceptionalism is effective in part because there is little on the face of it that is offensive.
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The conservative version of American exceptionalism has become a password of sorts for candidates who want to prove their credentials to a right-wing America.
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I've been outspent by my opponents every time I've run for U.S. Senate.
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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.
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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 and I try to provide it.
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