Press Release of Senator Feingold

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the Republican National Committee's Announced Lawsuit Challenging McCain-Feingold

Thursday, November 13, 2008

“It is very disappointing that the party that just nominated John McCain as its standard-bearer is again trying to undermine the law he worked so hard to pass. This latest suit appears to be an attempt to get the Supreme Court to revisit prior decisions that the restrictions on party spending and fundraising contained in the post-Watergate reforms and in the McCain-Feingold bill are constitutional. I am confident that this effort will fail because the Court will continue to recognize that Congress has the power to prevent very large contributions from corrupting the political and legislative process.”