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Civil Rights Censure
Read
a Fact Sheet on Senator Feingold's Resolution to Censure
the President
Read
a Fact Sheet on Warrantless Domestic Wiretaps
It has come to light in recent months that
the President authorized the National Security Agency to wiretap
Americans on American soil without obtaining the necessary
court orders. The President must be held accountable for authorizing
a program that clearly violates the law and then misleading
the country about its existence and its legality. Congress
should censure the President in order to uphold the constitutional
principle of the separation of powers and the rule of law.
Read the timeline below to learn about the censure resolution
and my position on the illegal wiretapping program.
May
11, 2006 - Senator Feingold comments on a USA Today report
that the NSA has collected and analyzed the phone records
of millions of law-abiding American's. "This Administration’s
arrogance and abuse of power should concern all Americans,"
Feingold said.
March
31, 2006 - The Senate Judiciary Committe holds a hearing
on Senator Feingold's resolution to censure the President.
Listen
to or View
Senator Feingold's opening statement. Watch
questioning at the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on "An
Examination of the Call to Censure the President."
March
29, 2006- Senator Feingold applauds the introduction by
Senator Schumer (D-NY) of legislation to facilitate Supreme
Court review of the President's warrantless wiretapping program.
March
28, 2006- Read a Fact Sheet: Myth vs. Reality on the President's
Warrantless Wiretapping Program.
March
28, 2006 - Senator Feingold responds to comments made
by Senator Specter regarding a possible postponement of the
censure hearing.
March
21, 2006- Senator Feingold responds to the President's
failure to explain his decision to break the law by authorizing
of illegal wiretapping.
March
16, 2006- Senator Feingold urges his colleagues during
the congressional recess to listen to the opinions of their
constituents regarding censure of the President.
March
16, 2006- Senator Feingold holds a news conference on
the censure resolution. Watch
the news conference.
March
14, 2006- In response to claims that Senator Feingold’s
resolution is purely partisan, Feingold highlights examples
of his long and consistent record of independence.
March
13, 2006- From the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Feingold
introduces a resolution to censure President George W. Bush.
Listen
to the statement here.
March
12, 2006- Senator Feingold announces his plan to introduce
a resolution to censure the President for authorizing warrantless
wiretapping of Americans in violation of the law.
March
7, 2006- Senator Feingold denounces the refusal of the
Intelligence Committee to authorize an investigation into
the President's warrantless wiretapping program.
March
6, 2006- In a letter to Attorney General Gonzales, Senator
Feingold asks for further information about misleading congressional
testimony submitted by the Justice Department in 2002 regarding
the administration's wiretapping practices.
February
16, 2006- Senator Feingold denounces the refusal of the
Intelligence Committee to hold hearings on the President's
warrantless wiretapping.
February
7, 2006- From the Senate floor, Senator Feingold speaks
out against the President's warrantless wiretapping program.
Listen to the floor statement here.
February
6, 2006- At the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on
"Wartime Executive Power and the NSA's Surveillance Authority,"
Senator Feingold asks Attorney General Gonzales about the
NSA program and about Gonzales' misleading answers to Senator
Feingold's questions about warrantless wiretapping at Gonzales'
January 6, 2005, confirmation hearing. Watch the first
and
second rounds of questioning here.
January
30, 2006- Senator Feingold sends a letter to Attorney
General Gonzales informing him that Senator Feingold will
ask about the Attorney General's misleading testimony on warrantless
wiretapping at Gonzales' confirmation hearing on January 6,
2005.
January
27, 2006- Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee
send a letter to Attorney General Gonzales requesting that
the Attorney General bring specific documents to the committee
hearing on the NSA surveillance program.
January
25, 2006- Senator Feingold and Senator Schumer (D-NY)
send a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Specter
(R-PA) requesting that former administration officials be
called to testify at a Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
on the NSA surveillance program.
January
23, 2006- In a letter to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld,
Director of Intelligence Negroponte and NSA Director Lieutenant
General Alexander, Senator Feingold requesting information
about whether data mining of information has been employed
in the context of warrantless surveillance.
December
16, 2005- From the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Feingold
responds to a New York Times story reporting that the President
had authorized the wiretapping of American citizens without
the court orders required by law.
January
6, 2005- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing
on the confirmation of Alberto Gonzales to be Attorney General
of the United States. Senator Feingold asks about warrantless
wiretapping that violates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Act. Listen
to the questioning of the Attorney General nominee.
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