U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions in the following counties from August 9 through 12, 2008: Pepin, Buffalo, Vilas, Iron, Polk, and St. Croix. 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 session they should contact Senator Feingold’s Middleton office at 608-828-1200.

His Pepin County listening session will be held at 4:00 p.m. on August 9, 2008 at the Durand Senior Center, 606 West Madison Street, Durand.

His Buffalo County listening session will be held at 11:30 a.m. on August 10, 2008 at the Buffalo City Municipal Building, 245 East Tenth Street, Buffalo City.

His Vilas County listening session will be held at 8:00 a.m. on August 11, 2008 at the Boulder Junction Community Center, 5386 Park Street, Boulder Junction.

His Iron County listening session will be held at 10:30 a.m. on August 11, 2008 at the Montreal City Hall, 54 Wisconsin Avenue, Montreal.

His Polk County listening session will be held at 8:00 a.m. on August 12, 2008 at the Milltown Community Center, 301 Second Avenue SW, Milltown.

His St. Croix County listening session will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Augustat the Roberts Park Building, 312 North Park Street, Roberts.

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.