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Songwriting is bridge for Franken, Hatch

By Chris Steller | 01.08.10 | 1:46 pm

Al Franken recently sought out songwriting help from Orrin “Eight Days of Hannukah” Hatch, the Minnesota senator tells the ECM Publishers editorial board.

Franken co-sponsors bill to get unexamined rape kits tested

By Chris Steller | 11.06.09 | 11:43 am

U.S. Sen. Al Franken introduced legislation Thursday that would encourage states to examine untested rape kits for DNA evidence. The bill would also provide for more health workers trained to administer rape-kit exams, particularly for Native American women.

Franken, Hatch told Sotomayor their questions concern ‘millions’ back home

By Chris Steller | 07.18.09 | 9:41 am

hatch-frankenIt’s standard political rhetoric to claim you speak for many. During hearings this week, both the Senate Judiciary Committee’s longest-serving member (Orrin Hatch of Utah) and its newest (Al Franken of Minnesota) boasted that their questions for…

GOP senators tell Coleman to make a federal case out of it; expert nonplussed

By Chris Steller | 04.04.09 | 8:23 pm

colemannormSenate Republicans advise Norm Coleman to make a federal case out of his election contest, if that’s what he wants to do. But one legal expert says he’d only be wasting his time.