U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions in Bayfield and Ashland Counties on Wednesday, August 20, 2008.  He will also hold listening sessions in Douglas and Burnett Counties on Saturday, August 23, 2008.  Senator Feingold has pledged to hold listening sessions in all of Wisconsin’s 72 counties each year of his six-year term.  If constituents need special accommodations at the listening sessions they should contact Senator Feingold’s Middleton office at 608-828-1200.

His Bayfield County listening session will be held at 11:45 a.m. at the Grand View Town Hall, 22010 Grand View Boulevard, Grand View.

His Ashland County listening session will be held at 1:45 p.m. in the Student Lounge at the Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College – Ashland Campus, 2100 Beaser Avenue, Ashland.

His Douglas County listening session will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Superior Town Hall, 4917 South State Road 35, Superior.

His Burnett County listening session will be held at 1:15 p.m. at the Siren Village Hall, 24049 First Avenue, Siren.

This meeting allows you the opportunity to express your views to the Senator on federal issues such as IDEA, Community Choice Act, Rehabilitation Act, housing, health care, voting and campaign finance, and ethics reform.

For more information on federal issues, check the DAWN web site on national disability issues.

More information about Sen. Feingold’s listening sessions (in both English and Spanish) can be found on his web site.