Tag: Al Franken

If the price of speaking freely in America means we may encounter a few loudmouthed idiots along the way, that's still an excellent deal. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

That’s where you’re wrong, Sen. Franken

Becket Adams · May 31, 2017 5:58 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., called Griffin's photo inappropriate through a spokesperson. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Sen. Al Franken condemns campaign donor Kathy Griffin for photo

Mandy Mayfield · May 31, 2017 2:09 am

An entire chapter, titled "Sophistry," of Franken's new book is dedicated to Cruz in which he describes the senator as "swarmy" and "singularly dishonest." (AP)

Ted Cruz calls Al Franken ‘obnoxious’ for mocking him in new book

Mandy Mayfield · May 24, 2017 10:02 pm

Cruz, a Republican senator from Texas, gets his own chapter in Franken's new book, titled "Sophistry," where he is described as "singularly dishonest" and "smarmy," according to USA Today report. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Al Franken: ‘I hate Ted Cruz’

Mandy Mayfield · May 24, 2017 1:10 am

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., said there are more jobs in clean energy than in fossil fuels and that the Trump administration is ignoring science. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Franken blasts Trump nominee Bernhardt over climate change

John Siciliano · May 18, 2017 5:26 pm

FBI Director James Comey shakes hands with Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. Washington, Wednesday, May 3, 2017, to testify. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Washington Secrets

U. Minn: New 2020 hopefuls, Sens. Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar

Paul Bedard · May 14, 2017 1:13 pm

The Senate health committee tabled a measure that would set up a system to enable Americans to buy cheaper drugs from Canada. (iStock photo)

Bid to legalize buying cheaper drugs from Canada dies

Robert King · May 11, 2017 3:18 pm

"Retirees all over this country are waking up to the reality that the pension benefits they are receiving today may soon be cut by 20, 30, or even 65 percent," Sanders said. "Imagine that. Imagine working your whole life and sacrificing to ensure that your family has a secure retirement and one day you wake up and find out there are plans to cut your retirement." (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Sanders, Democrats seek to undo bipartisan pension reform

Sean Higgins · May 9, 2017 7:02 pm

At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Franken cited numerous sources that indicated one of the ways Russia tried to broker its influence outside of their country was by cultivating deep ties with foreign businessmen and women. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Al Franken pushes FBI to investigate Trump’s finances

Todd Shepherd · May 3, 2017 4:29 pm

Sen. Cory Booker noted that Sen. Bob Menedez, his fellow Democrat from New Jersey, has the "best" singing voice." (AP Photo/File, Dennis Cook)

Watch: Al Franken leaps out at Cory Booker in birthday surprise

Daniel Chaitin · April 28, 2017 2:54 am

Franken v. Gorsuch

Washington Examiner · March 24, 2017 7:00 am

Senate Democrats got into several testy exchanges with Judge Neil Gorsuch during Tuesday's 11-hour hearing. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats weigh all-out war against Trump’s Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch

W. James Antle III · March 22, 2017 4:01 am