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15 Feb 2010, 9:11 am
  Senator Al Franken will be the featured speaker. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 8:39 am
Al Franken (D., Minn.) have made these arguments quite loudly. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 4:17 pm by Matt Johnston
Al Franken (D-Minn.) ripped chief political strategist David Axelrod, Senate Democrats say Emanuel, who was more closely involved in managing negotiations in Congress, also deserves scrutiny.No Democrat is calling for Emanuel’s resignation, even privately, and they acknowledge his hard work and straightforward approach in a very tough job. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 7:08 am by Big Tent Democrat
Al Franken ripped into White House senior adviser David Axelrod this week during a tense, closed-door session with Senate Democrats. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 4:12 pm by Lyle Denniston
Al Franken, Minnesota Democrat, on Thursday became one of the first to introduce such a bill (his office's press release discussing the measure is here). [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 4:12 pm by On behalf of Bankruptcy Legal Group
  Now, after catapulting its founder, Senator Al Franken, into political fame, it is succumbing to declining revenues and dwindling advertising. [read post]
19 Jan 2010, 1:57 pm by Paul E. Starkman
In this $63 billion spending measure is a provision, known as the “Franken Amendment” because it was originally introduced by Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, that prohibits federal defense contractors and subcontractors with contracts in excess of $1 million from enforcing existing employment arbitration agreements or entering into new ones with their employees or independent contractors. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 7:15 pm by Guest Barista
  Recently it was reported that Senators Herb Kohl (D-WI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Al Franken (D-MN) and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) wrote to Senate leaders asking them to include a provision outlawing reverse payment settlements in the final health care reform bill. [read post]
7 Jan 2010, 5:00 am by Victoria VanBuren
Included in the bill was a provision authored by Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.), prohibiting defense contractors receiving more than one million dollars from entering into any arbitration agreements with employees purporting to require private arbitration of claims arising from Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 5:24 pm by Darla Jackson
Minnesota Senator Al Franken, sponsor of the provision, spoke about Jones’ case on the Senate floor.Hat tip to BLT: the Blog of the Legal Times [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 7:09 am by Peter Thompson & Associates
The bill included an amendment added by Minnesota Senator Al Franken and referred to as the "Franken Amendment" that precludes employers who enter into contracts with the Department of Defense from entering into pre-dispute "agreements" with their employees that require the employee to give up their right to pursue harassment and discrimination claims under Title VII in court in favor of private binding arbitration. [read post]
21 Dec 2009, 11:19 am by Andy Hoffman
The bill kept in tact Senator Al Franken's amendment, which prohibits the Defense Department during this appropriations year, from contracting with companies that prohibit rape victims from accessing the courts. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:46 am by Richard Renner
Al Franken's amendment to bar use of mandatory arbitration agreements by defense contractors has now passed both houses of Congress. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 9:49 am
So... should we boycott Minnesota? [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 1:48 pm by Mack Sperling
Funny happened when Senator Al Franken, formerly of Saturday Night Live, expressed concern about the possible lack of diversity of the Fourth Circuit if both nominees are confirmed. [read post]
14 Dec 2009, 4:13 pm
Al Franken wanders on to the Senate floor and doesn't understand the end of a speech John Thune is giving, and then rtakes the floor and misstates Thune's point. [read post]