Word: feingolds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...pencils aren't so sharp anymore, and the jurors are passing notes and acting up. While they voted last week to reject Monica Lewinsky as a live witness and wrap up the trial by this Friday, Senators were twitching in their seats. Democrats teased their colleague Russ Feingold for voting with the Republicans, and the President's lawyer Greg Craig traded laughs with staunch Republican Don Nickles. During a break, the G.O.P.'s Strom Thurmond, 96, drew clementines from his pockets and, with a flirtatious grin, passed them to Cheryl Mills and Nicole Seligman, two of the President's lawyers...
...avenge a lost battle--unless, of course, you have already won the war. Daschle and his 43 Democratic colleagues may have failed in their attempt to dismiss the case against Bill Clinton, but in that vote and four others, Democrats held together (well, except for the free-spirited Russ Feingold), making it virtually certain that the G.O.P. will never get the 67 votes needed to convict. Though Monica Lewinsky, Vernon Jordan and White House aide Sidney Blumenthal will be deposed this week, even stalwart Republicans privately admit that the trial is basically dead. It's just that the body...
MOST MAVERICK SENATOR Then: Edmund Ross (6) of Kansas, whose vote to acquit was the trial breaker Now: Russ Feingold (7) of Wisconsin, only Democrat to break ranks in early votes...
...Russell Feingold. That's a name that will be remembered by Democrats -- and Republicans -- for awhile. On Wednesday the Wisconsin Democrat became the only senator to cross party lines and vote alongside Republicans to proceed with the trial of President Clinton and summon witnesses. Following the vote, Feingold said he merely wanted to give House prosecutors more time to make their case, but he cautioned that "I have not reached a decision" on the question of conviction. Most Democrats avoided criticizing Feingold and indicated they viewed his action as a vote of conscience. "It probably is wise to take Feingold...
...During his two terms in the Senate, "Feingold has treaded something of an independent and individualistic path," notes Cole. He is perhaps best known as the coauthor of the McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill, the unsuccessful measure that many of his colleagues love to hate. He also attracted some attention when he decided to drop negative ads from his second Senate race. "His stances on campaign issues have tended to put him apart," says Cole. "But it is also true that he has tended to adopt views on most issues that lean to the left." How that mix will play...