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STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Political notebook: Gay marriage debate set Tuesday in committees
By Don Davis Gay advocates have lobbied for allow same-sex marriages for years, but they made little progress. That appears ready to change Tuesday when House and Senate committees will hear bills...
Posted on 3/8/13 at 4:24 PM
STAFF BLOG DIVERSION DISCUSSION Moorhead, Clay leaders ask Franken for another $30M toward diversion design
MOORHEAD City and Clay County leaders met with Democratic Sen. Al Franken on Wednesday in the hopes of keeping federal dollars flowing in to fund work on the Red River diversion. Franken discussed o...
Posted on 1/11/12 at 5:25 PM
REPUBLIC INSIDER Thune, Franken clash on Senate floor over health care
You should know up front that this appears to be several different videos spliced together to make Sen. Al Franken look good. As near as I can tell, all of the video is from Monday. Thune and Franken ...
Posted on 12/15/09 at 4:26 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Franken & Davis
Before there was Al Franken, Senate candidate, radio host, television personality, actor and writer, there was Franken and Davis, the comedy team. The Davis half of the team was Tom Davis who ha...
Posted on 4/9/09 at 10:44 AM
Minnesotans a bunch of idiots 
I still cannot believe that Minnesota voted Al Franken, aka Frankenstein, to the U.S. Senate. What a bunch of idiots.
By John Henry Johnson , July 19, 2009
Franken’s staff to hold constituent meetings
New Sen. Al Franken may be involved in Supreme Court justice nomination hearings this week, but his staff is on the road.
By Forum staff reports , July 14, 2009
Minnesota sends creep to Senate
I’m sorry, but I cannot accept the fact that a far- left liberal Supreme Court in Minnesota made Al Franken a senator. There was no way Norm Coleman could win in this situation. The deck was stacked against Coleman. After recounts and half recounts, we still don’t really know which person got the most votes. That’s a fact.
By Tom R. Kovach , July 14, 2009
Sen. Franken ends first week with victory party
ST. PAUL (AP) - Sen. Al Franken is taking care of another piece of belated business related to his ultimately successful election: A victory party.
By Associated Press , July 11, 2009
Franken sworn in as Minnesota senator
WASHINGTON – Al Franken became a senator Tuesday, completing the transformation from comedian to politician.
By Associated Press , July 08, 2009
Franken says he's 'ready to get to work’
WASHINGTON – So, did you hear the one about the comedian who spent a whole day on Capitol Hill and told no jokes?
By Henry C. Jackson, Associated Press Writer , July 07, 2009
Minnesota Legislative Notebook: Senate outcome has Franken joyous, Coleman ‘robbed’
ST. PAUL – In politics, it is all about winning. Take, for instance, Al Franken’s razor-thin victory over Norm Coleman in the Minnesota U.S. Senate race.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 06, 2009
Forum editorial: A gracious conclusion to recount
The extended recount of Minnesota’s U.S. Senate race was at times frustrating, at times infuriating. Now that it’s over, however, Minnesotans can reasonably look back at the process and characterize it as satisfying. After all, no matter what Republican mouthpieces say, it worked.
July 05, 2009
Candidates not your typical Minnesotans
ST. PAUL – Al Franken and Norm Coleman are not exactly typical Minnesota politicians.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 05, 2009
GOP chairman accuses Dems of fixing election
ST. PAUL – Minnesota’s new Republican chairman used his first day on the job to come out swinging against Sen.-elect Al Franken.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 02, 2009
Looser Franken celebrates his victory
ST. PAUL – “Live, from Washington, it’s Sen. Al Franken!”
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 02, 2009
After 8 months in election limbo, it’s ... SENATOR FRANKEN
ST. PAUL – Nearly 3 million Minnesotans voted for a U.S. Senate candidate eight months ago, but in the end only five votes counted, those of state Supreme Court justices who Tuesday decided Al Franken will be the state’s second sitting U.S. senator.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , July 01, 2009
Franken wins election, Coleman concedes Senate race
UPDATED 3:10 p.m. ST. PAUL – The Minnesota Supreme Court said today that Al Franken won the U.S. Senate race and should be sworn in as the state's second senator.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , June 30, 2009
National GOP devotes $938K to Coleman fight
ST. PAUL - The fundraising committee for Senate Republicans has invested heavily in Norm Coleman's ongoing battle in Minnesota, including about $938,000 last month alone.
By Associated Press , June 23, 2009
Justices examine rural-urban differences in Senate election
ST. PAUL – Five Minnesota Supreme Court justices must decide whether thousands of greater Minnesota voters’ absentee ballots were unfairly rejected in the 2008 U.S. Senate race.
By Don Davis, Forum News Service , June 02, 2009
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