Russ Feingold - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Russ Feingold Index / People Transcripts Michelle Gavin ...when she chaired the committee and Russ [Russell D.] Feingold was the ranking member. Later, when ... ...for a nonprofit for a year. But then Senator Feingold , whose staff I had worked with, bac... ...partisan. Then I went and I worked for Russ Feingold for, gosh, six, seven years? Quite som... ...during the six years working with Senator Feingold in your Africa work there? Sure. M... ...for people I deeply admire and respect. Russ Feingold , I think, is an incredible example o... Farhana Khera ...that. How did you end up working with Senator Feingold ? I went to law school after colleg... ...primarily for civil rights issues. And Senator Feingold was an early progressive voice callin... ...I went into the conference room in Senator Feingold 's office because I had a meeting with... ...senator, ironically, to talk about Senator Feingold 's legislation to end racial profilin... ...fear in the country. The concern that Senator Feingold had, and that I shared, was that whil... ...up by the Judiciary Committee. And Senator Feingold was insisting on proper process and w... ...deserve that full debate. In the end, Senator Feingold was the only senator to offe... ...rural Wisconsin communities applauding Senator Feingold for standing up for the Constitutio... ...of concerns. Incredible courage by Senator Feingold , and it was really an honor to be wit... ...left at the time who understood Senator Feingold 's point that, yes, we must do all w... ...For me, yes, I was a staff person for Senator Feingold , so I was involved in some of thos... ...But I was there as a representative of Senator Feingold 's views, not an American Musli... ...wasn't quite as left as, say, my boss, Senator Feingold , was. So I knew that there was stil... Show more... Paul Ryan ...supply sider in the Senate, who lost to Russ Feingold , another guy from Janesville... Neal Wolin ...associated with them. You might make Senator Feingold , [who] we ultimately didn't persuade... Rahm Emanuel ...I think, [John S.] McCain [III] and [Russell D.] Feingold did it in the Senate. We got it passed... Barney Frank ...insistence on purity from Russ [Russell Dana] Feingold from Wisconsin who wouldn't vote fo... Jon Carson ...It was 1998, and my US senator, Russ Feingold , who'd won a really fantastic campaig... ...I ended up as an organizer on the 1998 Russ Feingold first reelection. From there, you sor... ...I covered rural western Wisconsin for Russ Feingold , I mostly just focused on La Crosse... Related Topics go to the Middle East and North Africa Middle East and North Africa go to the LGBTQ Policy LGBTQ Policy go to the Human Rights Human Rights go to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Nuclear Nonproliferation go to the East Wing East Wing