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Franken to travel to Vietnam, Laos

By Andy Birkey | 07.01.10 | 8:27 am

Sen. Al Franken will head to Vietnam during Congress’ summer break along with Democratic Sens. Tom Harkin of Iowa and Jeff Merkley of Oregon and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders. Franken will also continue on to Laos.

Klobuchar, Minnesota’s solo senator, stays busy and popular

By Chris Steller | 04.09.09 | 8:11 am

U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar gets more plaudits in today’s New York Times for soldiering on as Minnesota’s sole senator. And she’s staying popular as she stays busy — though that isn’t quite good enough for one University of Minnesota political-science blog.