tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/24/2009
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He's only been in office for two and a half weeks, but Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) has already passed legislation in the chamber, his office announced -- his pilot program to fund service dogs for disabled veterans, which was incorporated by unanimous consent into the Defense Authorization bill that ...
briefingroom.thehill.com - 7/25/2009
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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has introduced his first
piece of legislation. TPM reports that Franken successfully added...
an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill last night that will fund a pilot program to provide service dogs to wounded ...
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Franken's first amendment: Service dogs for wounded vets
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 7/21/2009
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Sen. Al Franken unveiled his first legislative goal
Monday. WASHINGTON (CNN) – Newly-minted Sen. Al Franken, D-Minnesota,...
unveiled his first legislative goal Monday — providing funding to train dogs to work with wounded ...
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Franken's first goal: dogs for vets
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... Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has introduced his first piece of legislation. TPM reports that Franken successfully added an amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill last night that will fund a pilot program to provide service dogs to wounded veterans. Franken introduced the measure along with Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and had additional cosponsors from both sides of the aisle: Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Mark Begich (D-AK), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and John Ensign (R-NV). This is not the final piece of legislation, as the Defense Authorization will still have to ...
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