huffingtonpost.com - 7/9/2009
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WASHINGTON — Al Franken became a senator on Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.
The Minnesota Democrat's swearing-in marked the end of an eight-month political and legal struggle and drew thunderous applause and a standing ovation in the Senate chamber. ...
theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 7/7/2009
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The National Republican Congressional Committee has just released
a new Web ad featuring footage of Al Franken...
that makes him look like an angry, Red Bull-guzzling cross between Jim Carrey and the Hulk. The ad suggests that the Dem supermajority is ...
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GOP Ad Paints Franken As Angry Maniac — Using Footage Of ...
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/8/2009
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Yup, you've read that headline correctly. The Minnesota
Republican Party has tied off a remaining loose end...
from the epic, eight-month battle to determine a winner in the 2008 Minnesota Senate race, sending Democratic Sen. Al Franken's campaign a ...
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Minnesota GOP Writes Big Check To...Al Franken?
nytimes.com - 7/4/2009
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nytimes.com —
Afederal judge in Manhattan told Fox News yesterday
that it had to learn how to take a...
joke. Then he rejected the network's request for an injunction to block the satirist Al Franken from using the words "fair and balanced" on the cover of his book, ...
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In Courtroom, Laughter at Fox and a Victory for Al ...
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Twitter, Macaca and Stephen Colbert: Politics Dailies - July 9
Politics Daily —
Filed under: Environment, FundraisingA short one today folks, as I spent the bulk of my day teaching some Politics Daily writers how to use Twitter (They created a hashtag!) Bob Franken points out that even in a time of change, you can pretty much pre-write the news and just fill in the blanks. Minnesota Republicans cut Sen. Al Franken a check for more than $95,000, including $872 in interest. Mike Memoli over at Real Clear Politics runs down the staggering amounts of money 10 politicians have ...
Al Franken’s Committees: Lady Social Justice
Stop The ACLU —
... The Repubs sent $95,000 to Al Franken’s Senate office. According to law, Republicans had to pay-up for partial costs of the lawsuit defending former Senator Norm Coleman’s Minnesota senate seat. Al Franken’s committees have been assigned : the Senate Judiciary Committee as well as the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the Committee on Special Aging and the Indian Affairs Committee, will enjoy Franken’s lively input. With Obama’s devotion to the United Nations, Franken’s swearing-in, Republican filibuster a fond memory, Franken on the Judiciary, and Sotomayor a ...
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From NBC's Kelly O'Donnell and Domenico MontanaroAl Franken, the newest United States senator, will meet with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor today at 2. The meeting will take place in Franken's office. Expect pictures shortly afterward....( ...