Russ Feingold represented Wisconsin for eighteen years in the United States Senate, from 1993 to 2011. Feingold was ranked 6th in the Senate for bipartisan voting. He is a recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, and cosponsored the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (McCain-Feingold Act), a major piece of campaign finance reform legislation. He was the only Senator to vote against the initial enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act during the first vote on the legislation. He served on the Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Budget, and Intelligence Committees. He also served in the Wisconsin State Senate from 1983 to 1993. Senator Feingold also practiced law for six years at Foley & Lardner and Lafollette & Sinykin in Madison, Wisconsin. Feingold is an honors law graduate of both Harvard Law School and Oxford University. He earned his bachelor of arts with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Senator Feingold is also a former Rhodes Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. On February 17, 2011, Feingold formed Progressives United, a movement intended, among other things, to fight the controversial United States Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. FEC. The mission of Progressives United is to: Empower Americans to stand up against the exploding corporate influence in Washington, especially since the Citizens United decision; Hold our representatives accountable to every constituent, regardless of economic class or insider access; and support national, state, and local candidates who stand up for our progressive ideals. Following the tenth anniversary of 9/11, Senator Feingolds latest book, While America Sleeps, looks back at the past decade, what America has done wrong domestically and abroad since the terrorist attacks. He discusses what steps must be taken to ensure that the next ten years are focused on the international problems that threaten America and its citizens. Senator Feingold is currently a visiting professor of law at Marquette University.

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