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  • Al Franken (D-Minn.) 16 Nov 2009 20:10 GMT
    ... Sen. Al Franken wrote the following letter to a Grist ... innovation, and more opportunities for investment.” The senator has been concerned about the possible loss ... Over the next few months, as the Senate completes work on its energy plan, I ...

  • Minnesota senators pleased with health care bill 23 Nov 2009 17:51 GMT
    ... Even with this weekend's historic Senate vote to allow debate on the Democrats' ... 60 votes -- including both of Minnesota's senators -- on Saturday night to block a ... proposals incorporated into the Senate bill. Sen. Al Franken managed to get a provision in the ...

  • QUICK FACT: Limbaugh includes election winners Begich and Franken while listing senators who he claims received "no votes" 23 Nov 2009 22:10 GMT
    ... election winners Begich and Franken while listing senators who he claims received "no votes" On ... his radio show, Rush Limbaugh mentioned Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and the "senator who replaced Ted ... listing senators who he said joined the Senate despite having received "no votes" and who ...

  • Senators highlight key points of health-care reform 23 Nov 2009 17:51 GMT
    ... 60 votes -- including both of Minnesota's senators -- on Saturday night to block a ... some of their proposals incorporated into the Senate bill. Sen. Al Franken managed to get a provision in the ...

  • Remaining US Senate races still too close 22 Nov 2009 14:11 GMT
    ... after congressional elections, four races in the Senate remained undecided Wednesday and the outcome in ... to take the seat occupied by Republican Senator John Warner, who is retiring at the ... Republican. In Minnesota, comedian and Democratic challenger Al Franken was running neck-and-neck with Republican incumbent Norm ...



  • Sen. Franken joins other senators in support for public option 17 Nov 2009 19:15 GMT
    ... Sen. Franken joins other senators in support for public option , Minnesota ... 2009 St. Paul, Minn. — DFL Sen. Al Franken is among a group of liberal Senators ... underway to merge bills passed by two Senate committees. "Some of the progressives in the ...

  • Can Your US Senator Draw Your State? 17 Nov 2009 17:13 GMT
    ... Can Your US Senator Draw Your State? Updated: Tuesday, 17 Nov ... CST (MYFOX NATIONAL) - In September Minnesota Sen. Al Franken wowed a crowd at a state fair ...

  • Franken Pushes for Climate Change Legislation That's Fair to Minnesota 16 Nov 2009 08:36 GMT
    ... D.C. -- Nov 12, 2009 – U.S. Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.) today joined a group of 14 ... Max Baucus Sen. John Kerry As the Senate formulates and debates energy and climate change ...

  • 2010 Minnesota Governor: Coleman Leads GOP; Dayton, Rybak Tops Among Democrats 16 Nov 2009 21:32 GMT
    ... Reports polling in Minnesota finds former U.S. Senator Norm Coleman ahead of three other potential ... voters in the state. Coleman lost his Senate seat to Democrat Al Franken after a six-month legal dispute over the ...

  • Senators Concerned About Stupak Amendment 16 Nov 2009 13:52 GMT
    ... “At a Capitol Hill event this morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid implied that the ... I had the good fortune, as did Senator Durbin to serve with Henry Hyde, the ... Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)” MedPage Today, 11/10/09 Sen. Al Franken: “(...) has pronounced himself ‘deeply concerned’ about ...

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  • Senate Democrats unveil their health bill 19 Nov 2009 06:30 GMT
    ... Democratic Sens. Richard Durbin of Illinois, left, Al Franken of Minnesota, Charles Schumer of New York, ... Hill. (Associated Press: Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid presented an $849 ... bill, "I was very impressed by what Senator Reid has done." The Senate bill is ...

  • Polls Shows Political Future Possible for Norm Coleman -- as Minnesota Governor 17 Nov 2009 22:36 GMT
    ... Former Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is the overwhelming choice for ... another candidate. Coleman, who lost his 2008 Senate re-election bid to Democrat Al Franken after a lengthy and tedious vote recount, ...

  • Senate bill halves contested tax on medical devices 20 Nov 2009 03:55 GMT
    ... medical devices, proposed as part of the Senate's landmark health-care legislation, has been cut in ... of politicians, including Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, and Rep. Erik Paulsen, a Republican. Stephen ...

  • Editorial: Methuen candidates made the right calls 16 Nov 2009 09:04 GMT
    ... know that." And despite such well-publicized recount reversals as the one that installed comedian Al Franken as U.S. senator for Minnesota, recounts at the local level rarely change the outcome, even when the margin is ...

  • Monsanto files for approval of low-fat Vistive III soybean 15 Nov 2009 10:55 GMT
    ... that getting a climate bill through the Senate won't be easy. Fourteen Senate Democrats, including ... energy or hydropower. In the letter, the senators say that the permits should be allocated ... country. Other senators who signed it were: Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, Russ Feingold ...

  • Schumer says failure not an option on health care 23 Nov 2009 21:35 GMT
    ... option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up ... going after Democratic moderates who delivered a Senate victory Saturday for President Barack Obama. The ... insurance tax. Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Al Franken, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, ...

  • $849 billion health bill sets up historic debate 19 Nov 2009 01:11 GMT
    ... Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks ... 2009, in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., ... Reid outlined the legislation to rank-and-file Democratic senators at a closed-door meeting. "Everyone was positive," ...

  • Liberal discontent 17 Nov 2009 12:31 GMT
    ... preparing to make a stand in the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is ... under the Senate bill. Lincoln, a second-term senator, helped write some of the legislation's key ... lost a seven-month recount battle to Democrat Al Franken for Minnesota's Senate seat, has not indicated ...

  • Medtronic Chairman and CEO Bill Hawkins Comments on U.S. Senate's Revised Medical Device Industry Fee Proposal 19 Nov 2009 19:31 GMT
    ... Company Applauds Leadership of Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, Governor Tim Pawlenty and the Minnesota Congressional ... issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Senate's revised proposal regarding a medical device industry ...

  • Legislation supports service dogs for disabled vets 20 Nov 2009 15:40 GMT
    ... the recent passage of legislation by U.S. Sen. Al Franken, more disabled veterans will be benefiting by ... director of Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota We provide the service free of charge, ...

  • Franken's first piece of legislation provides service dogs to vets 21 Nov 2009 16:16 GMT
    ... the recent passage of legislation by U.S. Sen. Al Franken, more disabled veterans will be benefiting by ... director of Hearing and Service Dogs of Minnesota We provide the service free of charge, ...

  • USA - Looking at green farming 15 Nov 2009 01:31 GMT
    ... Though U.S. Sen. Al Franken has long been an advocate for a ... two full-time and two part-time employees. The senator spent a little more than an hour ...

  • Franken's Craven 'Anti'Rape' Amendment 17 Nov 2009 23:51 GMT
    ... When it comes to Sen. Al Franken, sometimes its hard to tell if the ... Night Live comic and now the junior senator from Minnesota presented legislation designed to ...

  • Congress considers new sick leave bill 18 Nov 2009 06:30 GMT
    ... benefits. A spokeswoman from the office of Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said a companion bill will soon ... bill will soon be introduced in the Senate by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and that Franken ...

  • Poll: Coleman is GOP favorite for governor 18 Nov 2009 06:30 GMT
    ... Minnesota Republicans still like former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman. In a Rasmussen poll that ... included several other Republican potentials, the former senator was by far the favorite candidate for ... after an extended battle with Democratic Sen. Al Franken. The pollster gave Republicans their pick among ...


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