Happy Birthday Senator Feingold....

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Here is a link to wish this wonderful man a happy birthday....http://www.russfeingold.org/get-involved/birthdaycard.html

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1. Feingold worked with Ted Kennedy to bring more grant money for college...

Opening the Doors of Higher Education – Russ has been a consistent leader in efforts to increase the availability of a higher education to students, no matter their individual circumstances.

Pell Grants are a cornerstone of student aid packages across Wisconsin and around the country. Since his work with Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) in 2001, Russ has successfully helped increase the individual maximum Pell Grant award nearly 40% to approximately $4,700 per individual. These valuable grants help more students afford a college education and Russ will continue his work to increase the size of individual grants, as well as the total funds available for the program.

Throughout the years, Russ has also secured funding for important programs such as the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP), which uses federal and state funds to provide need-based grants to academically qualified students. He continues to push for sufficient funding of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) – a program designed to help lower-income students enter college. He has also worked on a bipartisan basis to help stop scholarship fraud and protect college students by making more information on such fraudulent schemes – as well as information on legitimate scholarship offers – more readily available.