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Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold forms Progressives United, a grassroots liberal political group

Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold forms Progressives United, a grassroots liberal political group
Former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced he was forming Progressives United, a political action committee to counter corporate influence in politics.
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Russ Feingold Launches 'United Progressive' To Combat Corporate Influences in Politics
WASHINGTON – When some senators retire, they decide to take lucrative lobbying jobs. Others go straight to Wall Street. But Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who lost his re-election bid in November, is continuing on his principled – and often lonely – path by starting from organization to combat corporate influence in politics, progressive effort to he hopes will spark "a new movement "that …
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