The Feingold Amendment

Senator Russ Feingold wants to amend the Constitution so that we can avoid another Blogo situation. He says he wants to prevent seats from been sold in the future.

Considering how Feingold got his seat he obviously has no problem with seats being bought.

UPDATE:

To Feingold's credit, this is what he had to say prior to voting against Geithner's nomination for Treasury Secretary:

Russell Feingold:


I am deeply troubled by his failure to pay the payroll taxes he owed, despite repeated alerts from his employer at the time, the International Monetary Fund, that he was responsible for paying those taxes. It is especially troubling because Mr. Geithner signed documents at the IMF promising to pay taxes, including the payroll taxes, in exchange for a special ``gross-up'' of his income intended to offset the cost of those taxes. Moreover, his earlier interactions with the Internal Revenue Service over his failure to pay sufficient payroll taxes for his household employees make Mr. Geithner's explanations of his failure to pay his own payroll taxes even less satisfactory.

The failure to comply with our Nation's tax laws would be problematic for any Cabinet nominee, but it is especially disturbing when it involves the individual who will be charged with overseeing the enforcement of our tax laws. Mr. President, surely that individual must meet a higher standard than a failure to establish they deliberately evaded their tax liability.
01/27 09:46 AM