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"Yeah, That Number is Zero"
mydd.com - 10/22/2009
"Yeah, That Number is Zero"
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A word to the moronic, otherwise known as conservatives, if you're going to come to a Congressional hearing that is graced by the presence of Senator Al Franken, come armed with facts or don't bother opening your mouths. Yesterday at a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on ...
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: ...
— thinkprogress.org — 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 ... (more) Franken Schools Right-Wing Analyst On Medical ...

Comments vote down The Mahablog found this 10/21/2009found this
Thirty US Senators Voted to Defend Gang Rape
mydd.com - 10/15/2009
Thirty US Senators Voted to Defend Gang Rape
— mydd.com — It is stunning that 30 Republican members of the United States Senate would vote to protect a... corporation, in this case Halliburton/KBR, over a woman who was gang raped. The details from Think Progress : In 2005, Jamie Leigh Jones was ... (more) Thirty US Senators Voted to Defend Gang Rape

1 Comment vote down The Moderate Voice found this 10/15/2009found this
dailykos.com - 10/23/2009
Franken's anti-rape amendment in trouble?
— dailykos.com — Perhaps you've noticed in the past few weeks the tough talk coming out of the progressive Democratic... base, the media, and even parts of the Democratic establishment blasting the 30 Republican Senators who opposed the amendment offered by Al Franken ... (more) Franken's anti-rape amendment in trouble?

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Hudson Institute’s Diana Furchtgott-Roth Gets Pwned By Sen. Al Franken
Oliver Willis — Health care industry shills run into the buzzsaw. More of this please, thanks. (via) ...

Medical bankruptcies in countries with universal healthcare: The number is zero
MNpublius.com — ... The Senate Judiciary Committee recently held a hearing on the topic “Medical Debt: Can Bankruptcy Reform Facilitate a Fresh Start?” MyDD has posted a fantastic clip of our very own Senator Al Franken in action at the hearing. ...

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