Sentences with phrase «franken in»

The Story Behind Jared Kushner's Curious Acceptance into Harvard ProPublica editor Daniel Golden wrote a book a decade ago about how the rich buy their In her post, Tweeden says the harassment occurred as the two rehearsed for a USO skit written by Franken in which he was supposed to kiss her.

U.S. Sen. Al Franken in a new book describes his colleague Ted Cruz as «the Dwight Schrute of the Senate.»

Not exact matches

In his resignation speech, Franken alluded to wanting a woman to replace him, telling the Senate, «Minnesotans deserve a senator who can focus with all her energy on addressing the challenges they face every day.»

Smith, previously Minnesota's lieutenant governor, was appointed to serve as her state's senator following the resignation of Al Franken, who became embroiled in controversy after several women came forward with sexual harassment allegations against him.

«It's clearer than ever now that the attorney general can not, in good faith, oversee an investigation at the Department of Justice and the FBI of the Trump - Russia connection, and he must recuse himself immediately,» Franken said.

At the confirmation hearing in January, Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota alerted Sessions to allegations of contact between Russia and Trump aides during the 2016 election.

«I have no doubt that you recognize the significance of your new role, but your stated opposition to strong net neutrality rules raises serious concerns about your commitment to honoring the First Amendment,» Franken said in a statement last month.

The day after the election in November, a «Draft Franken» super PAC filed its first notice to the Federal Election Commission, though it hasn't raised any money for the Minnesota senator.

That strategy worked so well that Franken's 2014 Republican opponent tried to win votes by casting Franken as a guy who was «basically invisible» in Washington.

In a statement on Tuesday, Franken's office reiterated that he would not run, saying the senator would «spend the next several years fighting on behalf of Minnesota families.»

«I had years in show business and had plenty of camera time,» Franken told the Los Angeles Times in 2014.

The media attention came on the heels of some of Franken's highest - profile actions since he joined the Senate in 2009.

For the moment, the Franken candidacy still exists mostly in the imaginations of political analysts.

CBS speculated before Trump was even sworn in that Franken's profile was rising following the 2016 election for taking on the incoming president's Cabinet nominees.

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.

Al Franken: Serving in the United States Senate has been the great honor of my life.

Tweeden said that Franken had been headlining the tour and wrote a comedy skit in which Franken's character attempted to kiss Tweeden's character.

Franken, a prominent Democrat that some in the party believed could run for president in 2020, is under intense scrutiny after a Los Angeles broadcaster, Leeann Tweeden, alleged that he committed sexual misconduct during a 2006 United Service Organizations tour in Iraq.

Franken said he could not support Stras, nominated by Trump in March, and would not be returning a blue slip to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Franken groped her breasts while she was asleep during the 36 - hour trip back to Los Angeles — an incident captured in a photograph that Tweeden didn't see until she was back in the US.

Los Angeles TV broadcaster Leeann Tweeden alleged in a 790 KABC column that Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota kissed and groped her without her consent in 2006, while she was part of a United Service Organizations tour to entertain military service members abroad.

And Sen. Franken made his decision in the thoughts of he had to take care of the people in Minnesota.

Befitting his background as a comedian, Franken has a knack for framing the question at hand in a way that is easy for laypeople to understand, and all but impossible for Facebook to answer.

Franken also took on Representative Tom Price, Trump's nominee for the Department of Health and Human Services, for owning shares in tobacco companies while voting to do their bidding in Congress and for getting a «sweetheart deal» on biotech stock.

Cosby's retrial took place against the backdrop of #MeToo, the movement against sexual misconduct that has taken down powerful men in rapid succession, among them Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, Kevin Spacey and Sen. Al Franken.

«What I'm trying to do is help customers understand what these companies are doing, and encourage these companies to put in place voluntary measures,» Franken told me soon after dispatching the first letter.

In November, 2014, after an Uber employee described tracking a journalist's movements, Senator Al Franken sent a list of privacy - policy queries to Uber's C.E.O.; last fall, Franken pressed Uber and Lyft about apparent race - based discrepancies in wait timeIn November, 2014, after an Uber employee described tracking a journalist's movements, Senator Al Franken sent a list of privacy - policy queries to Uber's C.E.O.; last fall, Franken pressed Uber and Lyft about apparent race - based discrepancies in wait timein wait times.

(And no, replacing Al Franken with another reliable liberal vote in the Senate is no cost to liberals.)

A 33 - year - old woman named Lindsay Menz has come forward, telling CNN that Sen. Al Franken groped her while taking a photo in 2010.

Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Roy Moore, Louis C.K., Al Franken, and plenty of men who aren't famous enough for me to recognize their names in the articles announcing their transgressions: Over the last month, as women and men have come forward to speak about sexual harassment and assault, their separate portraits of their abusers have added up to a pointillist portrait of sexual sin.

Being in Congress is not a right, and credible allegations (or actual admission, in Franken's case) mean you need to step down or away for an investigation.

Other races, such as that opening up in the wake of Minnesota Senator Al Franken's resignation, could also be competitive.

Alicia Towns Franken thinks wine should be on every table, and that includes those in the delivery room.

In 2014, they introduced the Franken Frappuccino, followed by the Frappula Frappuccino in 2015 and 201In 2014, they introduced the Franken Frappuccino, followed by the Frappula Frappuccino in 2015 and 201in 2015 and 2016.

Because there was no high school team, he played for the Franken Knights Youth Team in Germany.

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.

Gillibrand last week declined to call for Franken's resignation, saying in a WCNY interview that the ethics investigation into the allegations should be played out and that whether he stays in office is up to him.

«While Senator Franken is entitled to have the Ethics Committee conclude its review, I believe it would be better for our country if he sent a clear message that any kind of mistreatment of women in our society isn't acceptable by stepping aside to let someone else serve,» Gillibrand wrote in a Facebook post.

Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken announced this month he will leave office in the coming weeks after he was accused of groping and forcibly kissing multiple women.

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

In her relentless positioning for a possible presidential run in 2020, was U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand too quick on the trigger when she hit fellow Democrat Al Franken with a blast of buckshot and drove him to resign his Senate seaIn her relentless positioning for a possible presidential run in 2020, was U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand too quick on the trigger when she hit fellow Democrat Al Franken with a blast of buckshot and drove him to resign his Senate seain 2020, was U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand too quick on the trigger when she hit fellow Democrat Al Franken with a blast of buckshot and drove him to resign his Senate seat?

In the past, she's campaigned for President Obama, Senator Al Franken, and especially New York mayor — and noted Cuomo enemy — Bill de Blasio.

In addition to Harkin and Merkley, Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Al Franken of Minnesota attended the hearing.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has pushed to stop harassment in Congress, and her criticism of Sen. Al Franken matches that sentiment.

Franken denies ever asking a woman to join him in a bathroom.

And you'd think that voters would somehow weed out a senator who apparently had a groping habit before he was ever in politics, but former Sen. Al Franken proved that conventional wisdom wrong.

Susie Tompkins Buell, a major donor, told The New York Times last month that Gillibrand had «miscalculated» and «shot herself in the foot» in ripping Franken.

On the subject of the recent allegation by a woman that Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) groped and sexually assaulted her in 2006, Gillibrand said «it's very disturbing,» and «I was very disappointed.

CNN: Missing ballots stall Minnesota Senate recount A missing envelope containing about 130 ballots has stalled the recount in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.