Sentences with phrase «franken from»

The call was echoed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D - N.Y., who led the charge to oust Al Franken from the Senate.

The court focused on claims by the Coleman camp that flaws in the counting over votes are serious enough to prevent Franken from winning the Senate seat.

Not exact matches

After Harvey Weinstein and Al Franken faced sexual misconduct allegations, the RNC and NRSC both insisted that Democrats return donations from them, which many ultimately did.

Franken: As an entrepreneur, your board is the only entity that can fire you from your own company.

Intentionally or not, Franken's high - profile grillings represent a notable shift from the senator's previous reputation in Congress and on the campaign trail.

Democratic Sen. Al Franken announced his resignation from the Senate on Thursday amid multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

While not entirely uncommon for senators to deny a blue slip — several of President Barack Obama's judicial nominees met the same fate — Franken's move was just the first of three refusals from Democratic senators this week.

That was the daily affirmation of Stuart Smalley, Al Franken's defining character (you know, before he became a U.S. Senator) from Saturday Night Live's 1991 season.

Franken resigned after a Senate ethics panel looked into accusations from eight women who said he had groped and forcibly kissed them.

That's why Roy Moore should step out of his race, but also why Al Franken should step down from his seat, and so should John Conyers.

Ok, I made a franken - cookie from your excellent recipe.

What I find horribly messed up is that the milk from a cow that eats nothing but grass and is not pumped up with any Franken - hormones (the ONLY milk available at one point in time) is now a «luxury» high - cost product.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a radio interview Thursday said it's up to Sen. Al Franken as to whether he should resign as he faces allegations of groping and unwanted sexual contact from a half - dozen women.

The changes come as Gillibrand called on Franken to resign from office and, days later, called on President Trump to do the same amid allegations he has harassed and assaulted women.

She's criticized fellow Democrats like Al Franken and Bill Clinton, drawing fire from some members of the party in the process.

The opposition to the merger was outlined recently by a strong letter to the FCC from Sen.Al Franken.

«You have to be concerned anytime somebody's lawyers up and try to pull an Al Franken, if you will,» Miller said, referring to the Minnesota Democratic senator who took his seat after emerging from a lengthy recount against incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman with a 312 - vote win.

«He has been back in the news with the senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand, suggesting he would have had to resign in the current climate and, of course, Democrats facing questions about Senator Al Franken's conduct.»

«Specter's decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next Senator from Minnesota.»

In 2008 the Democratic caucus in the Senate increased from 51 members to 60 by the time Al Franken was finally declared the winner in Minnesota.

Barkley, who served briefly in the Senate after the death of Sen. Paul Wellstone (D) in 2002, continues to gain support statewide from voters disgusted with the negative tone of the advertising of Franken and Coleman.

«Norm Coleman took $ 30K from Stevens, $ 6K from corrupt Big Oil,» reads the ad, which links to a Stevens - related landing page on Franken's campaign site.

Franken faced a cascade of calls Wednesday from fellow Democrats and other political allies to leave office in response to multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

«I am sending my donations from Al Franken to Planned Parenthood of Mohawk Hudson and Family Planning Services in South Central New York.»

Minnesota Public Radio reported that Franken will be resigning, but a tweet from the senator's verified account indicated he was still speaking with his family and had not yet made a decision.

At a rally to support Moore's Democratic opponent, Doug Jones, New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker called on Trump to resign from office over sexual harassment allegations made by several women against him, citing Sen. Al Franken's decision to do just that.

Fifty percent of American voters think Sen. Al Franken should resign over allegations of sexual misconduct against him, while 46 percent said he should be expelled from the Senate, according to a new poll.

Despite calls from some of his colleagues for him to «unresign,» U.S. Sen. Al Franken will step down on Jan. 2, a spokesman for the Minnesota Democrat said.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, in an emotional speech on the Senate floor, announced that he would resign from Congress, the most prominent figure in a growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota announced he would resign «in the coming weeks» from the U.S. Senate after his support among Democrats crumbled, becoming the highest - profile casualty in the growing list of lawmakers felled by charges of sexual harassment or indiscretions.

Minnesota's Supreme Court has approved a request by the campaigns of incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democratic challenger Al Franken to extend the deadline local election officials and the two campaigns have to finish sorting through improperly rejected absentee ballots to January 2, from the previous deadline of 31.

Incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and former Air America talk show host Al Franken are caught up in a fiercely fought battle over the recount of ballots from the November 4 election.

«Why hasn't Donald Trump come forward and said, «You know what, in this climate, at this point in this country, I'm going to resign from my position just like Al Franken,» Booker told Vice.

«I just watched Sen. Al Franken do the honorable thing and resign from his office,» Booker told Vice News.

Gillibrand is one of several Democratic elected officials who have said they will donate campaign cash they received from Franken's PAC to charity.

«In a desperate attempt to distract from her longtime close relationship with her «pal» Al Franken, she calculatingly decided to finally throw Bill Clinton under the bus now that they are no longer an asset to her quenchless ambition.»

It's difficult to overstate how much Al Franken means to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D - N.Y.. From Washington, Schumer oversaw the Minnesota Democrat's first campaign in 2008.

The women's stories led to more calls from Democrats in Congress for Trump to resign, including from Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), the first to call for Franken's ouster.

The announcement from Gillibrand, a Senate leader on confronting sexual harassment in the military and on college campuses, dramatically ratchet up the pressure on Franken, a Democrat who faces accusations of unwanted advances or improper touching from six different women.

Unofficial results put Coleman, a freshman Republican senator, just 215 votes ahead of his Democratic challenger, Al Franken, known across the country from his days on Saturday Night Live and from his years as a talk show host on Air America, the progressive radio network.

Senator Al Franken resigned today in the wake of sexual assault allegations from multiple women.

ALBANY — Amid the ongoing national reckoning over sexual harassment, New York's junior senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, has been front and center in the debate, denouncing the unsavory actions of powerful men in all walks of life, from President Trump to fellow Democratic senators like Al Franken.

Senator Al Franken (D-MN) will make an announcement on Thursday following calls from at least 16 Democratic senators to resign in the wake of numerous sexual harassment allegations against him.

«Verizon's plan to acquire spectrum from the cable companies will allow Verizon to further dominate and control the nation's airwaves,» Franken wrote in a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.

You won't believe how you got by for so many years on the franken - mayo from the store after tasting this!

Compared to traditional hunter - gatherer societies, which boast an omega - 6 to omega - 3 ratio of 1:1, the Standard American Diet, laden in processed, refined, irradiated, and genetically engineered franken - foods has an omega - 6 to omega - 3 ratio ranging from 10:1 to 25:1 (1).

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If you were to put together your Franken - boyfriend, what characteristics would you pull from your male pals or fantasy dates?

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Landmark, Emmy - winning satire from an ever - changing company of «Not Ready for Prime Time Players» who rode the variety show to fame, including (to name just a few of its celebrated grads) Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Al (more...) Landmark, Emmy - winning satire from an ever - changing company of «Not Ready for Prime Time Players» who rode the variety show to fame, including (to name just a few of its celebrated grads) Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken and Mike Myers.