Vagabond Scholar (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
This is an old item from late October, but it's great and I never got around to posting it. The short clip is from a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on medical debt. Senator Al Franken is questioning Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the right-wing Hudson Institute. She's claimed that (as Think Progress puts it) "moving towards a European-style system of universal health care would increase...
DANGERDEMOCRAT (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Please take about ten minutes and watch Senator Al Franken on healthcare. He really is right you know.
MNPublius.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
In an email sent out today, Senator Al Franken shows his support for Tarryl Clark’s bid for Congress by asking for donations to her campaign. The email lauds Clark’s accomplishments and her strengths as a legislator and campaigner. Senator Franken (I love saying that) could give Clark a big boost in this race, and an [...]
Poet Mom (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Wow! Look at the big brain on Sen. Al Franken, who drew a map of the United States from memory. (Thanks, Dan, for the link.
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
... that Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's Minnesota voter approval rating is comparable to that of Senator Al Franken. (It depends on reading the exact wording of the poll findings, which I suggest you do for yourself. The link is below.) To Ostermeier, this suggests a possible future matchup between Franken and Bachmann for a Senate seat. To many political bloggers here in Minnesota,...
Liberadio(!) (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Tennessee Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker make an appearance in the Tennessean this morning in which they attempt to explain their vote against an amendment to a Defense Appropriations bill that would let corporate plunderers off the hook for rape. The amendment, introduced by Senator Al Franken, would deny taxpayer dollars in the form of [...]
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...
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
Remember Senator Al Franken's amendment to the Defense Bill?
Phawker (Free subscription) | 25/10/2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgqqSHr0wVA Senator Al Franken kicks ass and takes names in this snippet from a Capital Hill health care hearing wherein he evisercerates — with little more than the simple facts precisely-modulated sarcasm — an insurance industry shill from the Hudson Institute who claims that universal health care in the U. S. would increase the number of [...]...
The Liberal Curmudgeon (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
During a Senate Judiciary sub-committee hearing on medical bankruptcies, Senator Al Franken (D-MN) questioned Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the conservative Hudson Institute. Furchtgott-Roth contended that health care reform would increase bankruptcies. Franken made it clear that she was either being disingenuous or hadn't done her homework: How is it that a representative from a think...
Death Wore a Feathered Mullet (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
This is at least a week old, but I haven't been very busy, so I have no excuse and I'm just rambling right now... Anyway, last week Senator Al Franken proposed an amendment that would prohibit the United States from doing business with defense contractors who won't let their employees pursue criminal complaints in a court of law. This stems from an incident in which a Halliburton employee...
The Political Carnival (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
By GottaLaff Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy Remember those 30 Rushpublic senators and Senator Al Franken's anti-rape amendment (video here )? They have company. My Twitter pal David Waldman brings us some potentially bad news. : An amendment that would prevent the government from working with contractors who denied victims of assault...
True Blue Texan (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
So Senator Al Franken (D-MN) is my hero. He doesn't tolerate bullshit and he's managed, with his first piece of legisaltion, to show a certain bunch a Republicans for the insensitive, bought-and-paid-for idiots that they are. His amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2010, Franken Amdt. No. 2588 , had this stated purpose: To prohibit the use of funds for any...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) humbles Hudson Institute dilettante over health care bankruptcies I'll say it: Al Franken in 2016! Al Franken in 2016! Health care expenses are the primary cause of bankruptcy in America.
