Showing posts with label Russ Feingold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Russ Feingold. Show all posts

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Ron Johnson attacks stimulus program while pursing stimulus dollars

Ron Johnson, the Republican Senate candidate who has built his campaign on opposition to federal spending and the stimulus program sought stimulus funds for renovations to Oshkosh's Grand Opera House when he was president of the Grand’s board in March 2009.

Johnson's hypocrisy is detailed in this article from hometown paper, the Oshkosh Northwestern.

Friday, December 12, 2008

Feingold's statement on Senate's failure to support the auto industry and its workers

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On a Minority of Senators Blocking Effort to Save Millions of American Jobs

I supported this plan to help the U.S. auto industry because without this assistance, millions of American jobs, including tens of thousands in Wisconsin, will be jeopardized. In these tough economic times, allowing our auto manufacturers to fail could be catastrophic for our economy and could send already increasing unemployment levels skyrocketing. I am greatly disappointed that some Senators didn’t hesitate to bail out Wall Street, but decided not to help millions of working class Americans."