"With public angst high about national security, virtually every senator is lining up to vote for renewing the USA Patriot Act as early as Wednesday, following exhortations from President Bush that the bill is necessary to the fight terrorism.
Not Sen. Russell Feingold. The Wisconsin Democrat is crusading against the bill, and he finds himself in a familiar place.
He has almost no support--and some outright hostility--from his colleagues, just as he did after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he provided the sole vote against the original Patriot Act....read the rest
Friday, March 03, 2006
Wisconsin's lonely crusader
"With public angst high about national security, virtually every senator is lining up to vote for renewing the USA Patriot Act as early as Wednesday, following exhortations from President Bush that the bill is necessary to the fight terrorism.
Not Sen. Russell Feingold. The Wisconsin Democrat is crusading against the bill, and he finds himself in a familiar place.
He has almost no support--and some outright hostility--from his colleagues, just as he did after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, when he provided the sole vote against the original Patriot Act....read the rest
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