Russ Feingold is a Democrat of Wisconsin serving in the United States Senate since 1992. He finished Harvard University Law School in 1979 and then worked as an attorney at law until 1985 when he started working for the Senate.
Senator Russ Feingold continues to support issues such as health care, gay rights, education, AIDS prevention, environmentalism, foreign policy, senior citizens' issues, preserving Social Security, energy conservation, and abolishing the death penalty. He voted against the Defense of Marriage Act which ultimatelly passed and which witholds marital rights from new residents who relocated from a state where same-sex marriages are allowed. Senator Feingold was the only one to vote against the USA Patriot Act which he believes brings severe limitations to his compatriots' civil rights.