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Sen. Al Franken has canceled a fundraiser after learning that the host of the event served a year in prison for swindling some Minnesota residents.
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 questions of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, and immersed himself in a thorny debate over health care reform.
Sen. Al Franken got some chuckles at Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing with a cheeky observation about the classic TV show "Perry Mason": "It amazes me that you wanted to become a prosecutor based on the show, because in 'Perry Mason' the prosecutor on that show lost every week" except for one episode.
Turns out that Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and Sen. Al Franken were Perry Mason fans as kids.
Al Franken is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee — only a week into office? Well, Franken was, briefly.
Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.
The man who lost the 1998 Minnesota governor's race to pro wrestler Jesse Ventura now holds the distinction of losing his U.S. Senate seat to former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken.
Al Franken's torn over who he'd like to see turn the parody tables on him.
Now that Al Franken is headed for the Senate, which Franken will show up in Washington?
Al Franken refused his rival's calls for an election night concession last November, choosing instead to begin vote counting and courtroom haggling that stretched almost eight months and ultimately landed him a seat in the U.S. Senate.
Al Franken's victory in the marathon Minnesota Senate race gives Democrats control of 60 seats, the number needed to overcome any Republican filibuster aimed at blocking elements of President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda.
Both those Americans who can’t afford to buy health insurance and those who have decided to get by without it will face the same order from congressional Democrats as they prepare legislation to overhaul health care: buy health insurance. And if they can’t afford the coverage, taxpayers will help them pay for it.
An hourlong hearing before a feisty Minnesota Supreme Court put a new spark in the state's U.S. Senate race Monday, but Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman ended the day stuck in familiar waiting mode.
Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken met privately with Vice President Joe Biden late Wednesday afternoon to update him on the still-contested Minnesota Senate race.
Democrat Al Franken's lead in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race widened Tuesday to 312 votes after previously rejected absentee ballots were added to the counting.
The judges in Minnesota's Senate trial on Tuesday ordered that 23 previously rejected absentee ballots be opened and added to the race, setting the stage for counting perhaps thousands more such ballots and giving Republican Norm Coleman a shot at erasing Democrat Al Franken's 225-vote lead.
The judges in Minnesota's Senate election trial threw Republican Norm Coleman a lifeline on Tuesday, opening the door to adding nearly 5,000 rejected absentee ballots to a race that Democrat Al Franken leads by just 225 votes.
It's no joke: Senate Democrats are moving toward letting comedian Al Franken join the chamber while Republican Norm Coleman's election lawsuit is pending.
The trial on Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount stalled on its first day Monday when the judges said photocopies of 5,000 excluded absentee ballots couldn't be used as evidence because Republican Norm Coleman's campaign workers had marked on them.
A hearing has been scheduled in Minnesota next week on Al Franken's request to have a lawsuit dismissed in his bid for the Senate.
No longer a U.S. senator, Republican Norm Coleman was headed to court Tuesday, seeking to overturn a state board's certification that Democrat Al Franken won the U.S. Senate recount.
Democratic candidate Al Franken now holds a 50 vote lead over Republican Sen. Norm Coleman with almost all of the counting in Minnesota's Senate race done.
Democrat Al Franken edged ahead of Republican incumbent Norm Coleman on Friday for the first time in Minnesota's long-running U.S. Senate recount.
The city of Minneapolis has stopped searching for about 130 ballots in the U.S. Senate recount, leaving state officials to choose between two sets of tallies in the tight race between Sen. Norm Coleman and Al Franken.
In a blow to Democrat Al Franken, a state board ruled Wednesday that absentee ballots that were rejected by poll workers won't be included in Minnesota's Senate recount.
Vitter Confronted By Rape Victim Over Franken Amendment VoteIf you're new to this seed, please read this first. At a town hall meeting this past weekend... [Senator David Vitter of Louisiana] was confronted by a constituent who, after recounting her tale of being raped, demanded to know why he opposed Sen. Al Franken's (D-Minn) amendment.
Al Franken Thinks Less Medical Bankruptcies Are Better, Conservatives DisagreeAl Franken, like many Americans, is sick and tired of listening to conservatives throw up strawman arguments about health care reform intended to scare Americans into accepting 47 million uninsured fellow citizens, increasing out-of-pocket costs and skyrocketing personal bankrupt …
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) Humbles Hudson Institute Dilettante Over Health Care BankruptciesFranken drove home the point that medical bankruptcies are unheard of in countries with viable heath care systems.
Al Franken vs. Diana Furchtgott-RothSometimes it pays to watch CSPAN. I wish I could have heard the whole thing.
McCain and 29 Others Vote Against Franken Rape Bill. Really?The bill states that if you want to contract with the US Government, you can't make your employees sign to only arbitrate disputes.
30 Republicans Vote Against Amendment Protecting Female Contractors From RapeArticle has now been moved to this location.Minnesota Senator Al Franken--over the objection of fully 30 Republicans--authored and passed legislation Wednesday restricting military contractors from bidding "if they restrict their employees from taking workplace sexual assault, ba …
For Jews in St. Louis Park, MN -- Coen brothers "A Serious Man" a homecoming". . .If you're getting the sense that it's a small world in the Coens' home town, you'd be right. And such a prolific town it is in terms of Jewish achievers: Among St.
Al Franken: Jesus the ConservativeAl Franken has gone out of his way to appear staid and ... "senatorial" since his campaign to represent Minnesota in the upper house of the U.S. Congress, but we remember the days when Al Franken used his humor to make a point.
Flashback: Al Franken's Supply-Side Jesus (Video)This is both hilarious and sombering. The marriage of Capitalism with Christianity, through fundamentalist dogma, class dogma and myths, clearly shows the insanity of both dogmas, religious hierarchy and secular class hiearchies share the same tyrannical, class views.
Franken gets testy over statistics. What is considered "prevailing" in arbitration?The senator spent the bulk of his time attempting to debunk the witness, particularly a statistic in his testimony that employees have a 63 percent chance of "prevailing" in arbitration compared to 43 percent in litigation.
Angry Democrats. Bitter, name-calling, poisonous liberals. Exasperated and bitter gays. Animal rights extremists who are violent, confrontative. Global warming lunatics posting tirades and invective.
Franken passes law denying fed contracts to companies that support rape of employeesGo Senator Al! Al Franken successfully introduced legislation that denies federal contracts to companies that have policies -- anywhere in the world -- that punish employees for complaining about rape or discrimination on the job.
The List: These 30 Senators Cast "The Pro-Contractor-Rape Vote"In the end, the amendment passed 68-30, with these fine Americans casting the pro-contractor-rape vote:
Franken Wins Bipartisan Support For Legislation Reining In KBR's Treatment Of RapeSen.
Al Franken's Ammendment (Which Just Passed The Senate) Denies Halliburton Federal Contracts If It Doesn't Start Treating Its Employees and Our Soliders Like Human BeingsTo prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contract …
Is ACORN Responsible for "Senator" Franken?Did ACORN chicanery elect Al Franken? That's the import of this tactfully phrased Minneapolis Star Tribune column.** Franken won by 312 votes. ACORN claimed to have registered 48,000 new Minnesota voters.
Al Franken Reads the 4th Amendment to Justice Department Official"...no Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Al Franken reads the Fourth Amendment to DoJ official at PATRIOT Act hearingsAl Franken's Senate career just keeps on getting better: this week he read the Fourth Amendment ("no Warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.") alo …
DoJ official finds it 'surreal' to have to respond to Franken's concerns about Patriot Act.Franken asks Assistant Attorney General David Kris how the Patriot act's "roving wiretaps" provision squares with the 4th amendment. Kris punts on the question, noting how "surreal" he thinks the situation is.
Al Franken, StatemanWhile coverage of the health care reform debate has focused on yelling, booing and fistfights, not all engagements between lawmakers and constituents turn hostile. Sen.
Senator Franken In The RoundBringing reason to the debate over health care reform. Pass it around.
Al Franken talks an anti-healthcare-reform mob down (VIDEO)When Senator Al Franken was confronted by an angry mob of teabagger/anti-healthcare-reform types, he calmly, rationally and intelligently talked them down, setting an example for how to conduct reasoned discourse that relies on facts and rationality rather than jingoism.
Al Franken's no-recess August Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is using his first congressional summer break for an ambitious goodwill tour of his home state.
Begich to Franken: How 'bout all 50 states?So I was searching for a recent piece to add to the Al Franken file and I ran across this piece of political odd news. I must say, it's better than I could do...
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