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Al Franken
Huffington Post:
Colorado U.S. Sens Mark Udall and Michael Bennet with 12 other Senate Democrats signed onto a letter urging Senate leaders weighing climate legislation to consider granting valuable credits to utilities that rely most heavily (Read More)
National Review Online:
When it comes to Sen. Al Franken, sometimes it’s hard to tell if the joke’s on him or on all of us.In early October, Franken — a former Saturday Night Live comic and now the junior senator from Minnesota — presented legislati (Read More)
TreeHugger:
And who isn't? They are celebrating in Minnesota as our favorite authority on climate change, George Will of the Washington Post embraces Michele Bachmann. He does note that "She is, however, a petite pistol that occasionall (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Politics:
Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken of Minnesota are blue-state Democrats strongly supportive of President Obama's health-care reform efforts. Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is a Republican presidential contender who has loudly c (Read More)
Huffington Post:
In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was gang-raped by her Halliburton/KBR co-workers while working in Iraq and locked in a shipping container for over a day to prevent her from reporting her attack. The rape occurred outside of U.S. c (Read More)
Huffington Post:
The Young Democrats of Louisiana have sent out a new e-mail against Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) -- the staunch social conservative who was implicated in a prostitution scandal -- declaring that we can only guess at his motivatio (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
After operating largely under the radar during his first few months in office, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is slowly beginning to make political ripples. On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Democrat got his first piece of legislati (Read More)
Talking Points Memo:
Video: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) talks down a gaggle of Tea Partiers at state fair.
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
While coverage of the health care reform debate has focused on yelling, booing and fistfights, not all engagements between lawmakers and constituents turn hostile. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) discussed his beliefs and goals abo (Read More)
USATODAY.com - On Deadline:
For those who have seen a lot of tapes of angry town hall meetings, here's how Sen. Al Franken, Minnesota's Democratic junior senator, responded when he was surrounded recently by some "tea bag" protesters. Watch the exchange (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Editorials:
ONE WAS general counsel to John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, the other held a similar post with Al Franken's campaign for the Minnesota U.S. Senate seat. It's hard to imagine Trevor Potter and Marc Elias agreeing on m (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
U.S. Sen. Al Franken has acceded to a formal request from Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) that the Minnesota senator add Alaska and Hawaii when he draws freehand maps of the United States as a parlor trick. Franken, whose 2007 ca (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
WASHINGTON — Just weeks into his Senate term, Al Franken's portfolio compares favorably to any of the Senate's freshman members. He loves policy. He has signed on as co-sponsor to a half dozen bills, asked thoughtful question (Read More)
feeds.latimes.com:
After announcing his support for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's Senate confirmation, newly minted Minnesota Democrat Al Franken has moved on to his next legislative issue: dogs.Specifically, service dogs. Franken (n (Read More)
Huffington Post:
Back in 2003, I had the opportunity to sit down with then-author, now Minnesota Senator Al Franken. At the time I found his take on America's relationship with Saudi Arabia to be interesting; likewise he had some provocative (Read More)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
Moderate Democrats have forced a key compromise to the Employee Free Choice Act, which removes one of the labor community's most cherished provisions from the bill. On Thursday, The New York Times reported that a half-dozen s (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Washington Sketch by Dana Milbank (washingtonpost.com):
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was breezing through her third day of confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee when she was tripped up by, of all people, Al Franken, the junior senator from Minnesota. (Read More)
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