U.S. Senator Russ Feingold will hold listening sessions in Jackson and Monroe Counties on Monday, February 16, 2009.  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 Jackson County listening session will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Black River Falls City Hall, 101 South 2nd Street, Black River Falls. 

His Monroe County listening session will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Monroe County Court House, 112 South Court Street, Sparta.

Each meeting will last up to an hour.  They allow 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.