Al Franken

Type: Person

Name: Al Franken

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Don't let Democrats steal away 2014 election

It is now fairly well known that President Barack Obama's next political objective is to win back the U.S. House in November 2014 in order for him to complete his transformation of America.Political experts, especially Republican, believe that is next ... [Published Island Packet - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Elections, Al Franken, US Supreme Court, Usama bin Laden, George W Bush

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Nancy Pelosi

Try this with IRS: "I'll have to get back with you"

The IRS, or at least the guy who ran it until yesterday, is sorry. He apologized to Congress Friday for the agency's grilling of Tea Party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, saying it was a botched attempt to catch up with lots of ... [Published U-T San Diego - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Al Franken, Tea Party Movement, Nancy Pelosi, Sequester, Dana Loesch

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

2012 Franken letter asked IRS to investigate social welfare groups engaged in "substantial" campaign activity

By and Rachel Stassen-BergerU.S. Sen. Al Franken and six Democratic colleagues in the Senate penned a letter to former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman in February 2012, asking whether the IRS intended to investigate social welfare ... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 17 2013]

Entities: Al Franken, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Social Welfare, Tea Party Movement, Julianne Ortman

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

US Securities and Exchange Commission

New: Sen. Franken Pushing to Reform Credit Rating Agencies

at 11:03 AM CDTWashington, DC (NNCNOW.com) --- Lawmakers on Capitol Hill, including U-S Senator Al Franken of Minnesota, are working to ensure that the financial meltdown of 2008 never happens again.Senator Franken is pushing to reform Wall Street credit ... [Published Northland's NewsCenter - May 17 2013]

Entities: Al Franken, Credit Rating Agency, Credit Ratings, US Securities and Exchange Commission

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

On its own, E-Verify too burdensome

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday held hearings on immigration reform proposals. But instead of taking up like the Senate, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) have floated a stand-alone ... [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]

Entities: Small Businesses, Workers, Al Franken

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Klobuchar, Franken question gas prices

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., has asked the U.S. Department of Energy to investigate the steep increase in Minnesota gas prices over the past few weeks. Gasoline industry officials say regional gas prices have jumped 80 cents over the past month and ... [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

Entities: Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Scheduled Maintenance, Gasoline, Refinery

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Get ready for long summer of inquiry into IRS scandal

WASHINGTON Members of Minnesota's US House delegation are preparing for a long, hot summer of investigating the IRS. The scandal has already cost IRS acting commissioner Steven T. Miller his job. Miller resigned on Wednesday. There's a familiar script ... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - May 17 2013]

Entities: Michele Bachmann, Al Franken, Steven Schier

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Friday federal headlines - May 17, 2013

The Morning Federal Newscast is a daily compilation of the stories you hear Federal Drive hosts Tom Temin and Emily Kopp discuss throughout the show each day. The Newscast is designed to give FederalNewsRadio.com users more information about the stories ... [Published Federal News Radio 1500 AM - May 17 2013]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Thomas Perez, Al Franken

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Senate Judiciary Committee Continues Markup of Amnesty Legislation

Thursday was Day #3 of the Senate mark-up of S.744 in the Judiciary Committee. Unsurprisingly the Gang of Eight Republicans on the committee (Senators McCain and Flake) continued to hang tough with Democrats to prevent any meaningful amendments. It looked ... [Published VDare - May 17 2013]

Entities: Charles Grassley, Immigration, Frank Sharry

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Minnesota GOP Says It Won't Try to Overturn Marriage Equality Law

Well, that's a relief - Minnesota republicans said they have no plans to try to repeal the new marriage equality law. The Advocate reports:The two Republican candidates for governor in Minnesota say they won't try to overturn the state's new marriage ... [Published Gayapolis - May 17 2013]

Entities: Marriage Equality USA, Republican Party (US), Jeff Johnson, Al Franken

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Franken, Walz introduce bipartisan legislation to tackle VA backlog

NEWS RELEASE — Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Rep. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) announced the introduction of the Quicker Benefits Delivery Act, a bipartisan, bicameral bill aimed at tackling the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) benefit-claims ... [Published Hometown Source - May 16 2013]

Entities: Tim Walz, Al Franken, Center for Investigative Reporting, Department of Veterans' Affairs

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Bill for Red River diversion passes in U.S. Senate

Fargo, ND (WDAY TV) - A bill that would authorize the Red River flood diversion project has passed the United States Senate.Fargo Flood DiversionFargo, ND (WDAY TV) - A bill that would authorize the Red River flood diversion project has passed the United ... [Published WDAY - May 16 2013]

Entities: US Senate, Al Franken, Water Resources

Quotes

"i'm currently working with the department of energy to explore whether there's a way to make sure that we can avoid having multiple temporary refinery closures in the same area of the country -- which is part of the reason why we're seeing the spike in gas prices" said Franken, chairman of the Energy Subcommittee on the Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee

Klobuchar, Franken question gas prices [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]

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Don't let Democrats steal away 2014 election [Published Island Packet - 21 hours ago]
Try this with IRS: "I'll have to get back with ... [Published U-T San Diego - 23 hours ago]
Republicans Demand That Senate Democrats Return... [Published Breitbart Feed - May 17 2013]
Al Franken Shares SEIU Story at NLRB Hearing [Published SEIU - YouTube - May 17 2013]
2012 Franken letter asked IRS to investigate so... [Published Minneapolis Star Tribune - May 17 2013]
New: Sen. Franken Pushing to Reform Credit Rati... [Published Northland's NewsCenter - May 17 2013]
48 amendments to the immigration bill have pass... [Published Ezra Klein - May 17 2013]
Top 5 Ways Senators Used Indian Affairs Hearing... [Published Indian Country Today Media Network - May 17 2013]
On its own, E-Verify too burdensome [Published Washington Post - May 17 2013]
Klobuchar, Franken question gas prices [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]
Friday federal headlines - May 17, 2013 [Published Federal News Radio 1500 AM - May 17 2013]
Get ready for long summer of inquiry into IRS s... [Published Minnesota Public Radio - May 17 2013]
Mikulski, Congressional Colleagues Announce Bic... [Published U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski - May 17 2013]
VA's Gould moves the needle on many of VA's tou... [Published Federal News Radio 1500 AM - May 17 2013]
David Dayen: SEC Convenes Foot-Dragging Roundta... [Published naked capitalism - May 17 2013]
Flashback: Schumer, Franken urged IRS to target... [Published Daily Caller - May 17 2013]
Duluth Fire Department gets $129,000 grant [Published Duluth News Tribune - May 17 2013]
Senate Judiciary Committee Continues Markup of ... [Published VDare - May 17 2013]
Minnesota GOP Says It Won't Try to Overturn Mar... [Published Gayapolis - May 17 2013]
IRS – TOO BIG, TOO DANGEROUS - CAN'T BE TRUSTED [Published Northwoods Patriots - May 17 2013]
Immigration plan continues moving through Senate [Published First Coast News - May 17 2013]
10 Questions Obama Must Answer on IRS Scandal [Published Breitbart.com - May 17 2013]
Boxer, Gillibrand, Collins Join Colleagues to I... [Published U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer - May 17 2013]
Minnesota hits record-high gas prices [Published KARE 11 - May 17 2013]
Senators introduce revised draft compounding bill [Published Drugtopics.com - May 17 2013]
Senate immigration gang frustrates GOP efforts ... [Published The Hill - May 16 2013]
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