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Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’
thinkprogress.org - 10/21/2009
Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical Bankruptcies In Countries With Universal Care: ‘It’s Zero’
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Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled “ Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start .” The hearing examined medical bankruptcies in America, and witnesses included CAP fellow Elizabeth Edwards and Kerry Burns, a Rhode Island mother who was ...
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies (video)
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Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies (video)
— youtube.com — Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptciesThis during a senate Judiciary sub-committee... hearing on bankruptcies ... (more) Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/22/2009
Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior Dem, Sources Say
— huffingtonpost.com — An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who denied victims of assault the... right to bring their case to court is in danger of being watered down or stripped entirely from a larger defense appropriations bill.  ... (more) Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment May Be Stripped By Senior ...

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/20/2009
Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment
— huffingtonpost.com — When thirty Republicans lined up against an amendment that would have required defense contractors to allow their... employees access to U.S. courts in cases of rape or sexual assault, Jon Stewart ripped them to pieces. "I understand we're a divided ... (more) Defense Department Opposed Franken's Anti-Rape Amendment

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The Mahablog:  Al Franken Rules

skippy the bush kangaroo:  he's good enough...he's smart enough

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Al Franken Rules
The Mahablog — Franken 1, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth zip. Transcript here.

he's good enough...he's smart enough
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... fellow diana furchtgott-roth about medical bankruptcies. franken asked furchtgott-roth — who claimed that moving towards a european-style system of universal health care would increase bankruptcies — about how many medical bankruptcies there were in countries that have universal health care, like switzerland and france. furchtgott-rott repeatedly told franken that she didn’t “have that number,” and franken informed her that the number was actually zero - think progress ...

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