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On Patriot Act, Franken forgot the 4th, Klobuchar rhetoric careened

By Chris Steller | 10.12.09 | 10:52 am

Minnesotans disgusted by insipid Twins-Yankees TV commentators might find comic relief in civil libertarians’ online kibbitzing about U.S. Sens. Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, who last week voted to renew the Patriot Act without reforms in the Senate Judiciary…

Franken amendment to protect victims of sexual assault passes

By Andy Birkey | 10.06.09 | 5:33 pm

An amendment that would ban federal funds going to companies that require arbitration in the case of sexual assault passed the Senate on Tuesday. The amendment was offered by Sen. Al Franken and was added to the defense appropriations bill…

Sotomayor-empathy carping makes Klobuchar ‘put pillow over my head’

By Chris Steller | 08.05.09 | 11:02 am

amy1Updated: U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar woke up today to a colleague’s voice on her clock radio, sounding off against the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor because of “the empathy standard.” On the floor of the Senate she told…