MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Within the bastions of Senate, the bought and paid-for senator puppets dance to health care lobbyists' whim - except for a just a few, who still speak truth to power. The newest senator, our Senator Franken, rises to speak for the people! Here is just a few selections. The well worth reading full speech is below the fold! Why should no one feel safe and happy within the...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... the company maintained, because a clause in their contract with Jones required it. Last month, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) offered an amendment to the Defense Appropriations Bill to change this. His bill would forbid the Defense Department from entering into contracts with companies that force their employes to arbitrate claims of rape. Thirty Republican Senators opposed Franken's...
democrats.com (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
... in court -- by invoking a private-arbitration clause in her contract. KBR picked the arbitrator. Senator Al Franken (D-MN) proposed a bill last month to allow victims of rape to bring their case to court. Sounds like an easy vote, doesn't it? Most senators thought so. All female Republican senators thought so . But Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) voted no to protecting rape...
Jack and Jill Politics (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Looks like Sen. David “Diaperman” Vitter got confronted by a rape victim and pulled a Cindy Sheehan on his ass when she asked him why he voted against Senator Al Franken’s amendment to hold Contractors like Halliburton accountable when their male employees attack their female employees while on the payroll (h/t Heather, at Crooks and [...]
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The bipartisan legislation, introduced by Senators Al Franken (D-MN), Charles Grassley (R-IA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), would require the federal government to collect data on untested sets of evidence, known as rape kits, in police and crime lab storage facilities and prioritize testing this evidence in federal DNA funding programs.
Authentic Art DC (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... with interactive components. The Gallery at Vivid Solutions 2208 MLK Ave SE WDC 20020 Owen Franken : A Photography Retrospective Owen has traveled to over 100 countries and covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the culture of food and wine in his home city of Paris. *Special event: ARCH Art Auction and Fundraiser, and exhibition preview on Friday, November 6th with the photographer’s...
