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Feingold Forms Political Group to Combat Corporate  Influence
By MICHAEL D.  SHEAR

Russ Feingold, the former Democratic senator from  Wisconsin who lost his 
bid for re-election in November, has formed a new  political organization 
aimed at countering the impact of corporate money in  politics.

In a video to supporters, Mr. Feingold said that the group,  called 
Progressives United, would try to hold politicians “accountable to  the people” 
rather than to their big-dollar donors.

“Washington,  sadly, has become a playground for corporations and our 
[their] lobbyists,”  Mr. Feingold said. “It’s time we stood up to the total 
dominance of  corporate power that’s invaded our democracy and hijacked our  
elections.”

Mr. Feingold, who after losing in November took a job  teaching at 
Marquette University Law School, was a crusader against  corporate financing of 
elections while he was in the Senate. He joined with  Senator John McCain of 
Arizona, a Republican, to pass campaign finance laws  that sought to limit 
corporate contributions.

But a decision by the  Supreme Court last year, Citizens United, overturned 
much of the Bipartisan  Campaign Reform Act, generally known as the 
McCain-Feingold act, by broadly  allowing corporations to contribute to political  
campaigns.

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