Sentences with phrase «for franken»

The statement came after a majority of Senate Democrats, led by female members, called for Franken to quit as a fresh accusation emerged about the senator.

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.

At the height of the #MeToo movement on Capitol Hill, dozens of senators, including his Democratic colleagues, called for Franken's resignation after several women came forward with separate allegations that he had forcibly tried to kiss them or inappropriately touched them in the past.

Search ads follow suit, inviting people conducting name - related searches for Franken to visit FranklyFranken.com, an NRSC site dedicated to attacking the former Air America Radio host.

Franken already faced a Senate ethics investigation over Tweeden's allegation, but the Menz allegation is potentially more damaging for Franken because it would be behavior that occurred while he was in office.

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.

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

Not exact matches

As one of the most vocal Senate proponents for net neutrality, the consumer protection that compels internet service providers to ensure equal access to all websites, Franken is already on a collision course with the new administration.

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.

And he provided a bit of levity during the hearing for former Gov. Rick Perry of Texas last month when Trump's nominee for energy secretary made an accidental euphemism while discussing his private meeting with Franken.

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.

Others think she should opt for someone who with a personality as large as Donald Trump and choose Sen. Al Franken.

The coffee chain is offering «Franken Frappuccinos» and other grande Frappuccinos for $ 3 after 2 p.m. this Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

«Now that the dogs of war are calling for the head of Senator Al Franken, I believe it is time to speak up on behalf of all heterosexual males,» the candidate and justice, Bill O'Neill, wrote on his Facebook page.

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.

So far this year, at least four Democrats refused to return blue slips for Trump's circuit court nominees: Franken, Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.

Tweeden alleged that Franken forcibly kissed her and she released a photograph of Franken reaching for her breasts while she was asleep.

Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota on Tuesday refused to sign off on Trump's nomination of Minnesota Supreme Court Judge David Stras for a vacancy on the 8th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

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.

Last year, the company created the «Franken Frappuccino,» which included green tea for a ghoulish appearance.

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.

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.

I snatched it back for this trip, and rigged it up Franken - style with a nice lens (via adapter)... much smaller and easier to travel with (particularly if you have multiple cameras)

«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.

Sen. Al Franken and Rep. John Conyers both had women publicly coming forward to vouch for them after they were accused of harassment.

A prominent donor to the Democratic Party, Susie Tompkins Buell, says she is considering withdrawing support for senators — including Gillibrand — who urged their colleague Al Franken to resign after he was accused of sexual misconduct.

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 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.

Joy Behar kicked off an interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) on Monday by confronting the lawmaker for calling on Sen. Al Franken to resign after being publicly accused of sexual misconduct.

Long Island Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice became the first member of the House or Senate to call on Franken to step down, and tore into House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for not taking a tougher stance on sexual harassment.

Gillibrand was the first senator to formally call for the resignation of Sen. Al Franken (D., Minn.) after seven different women came out with sexual harassment allegations against him.

She was the first of what would be many Democratic senators who called for their colleague Al Franken to resign.

Senator Al Franken's tough questions for Uber's CEO; how the NSA could make its phone metadata program permanent; global privacy groups launch a personal spyware catcher called Detekt; and much, much more.

By contrast, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.), who like Cuomo has been talked about in terms of a possible 2020 presidential run, won national plaudits for leading the charge for fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota to resign after he was with hit with sexual misconduct allegations.

On Thursday, the Senate Ethics Committee confirmed that it has launched a preliminary inquiry into Franken's behavior, and a handful of House Democrats - including Democratic Caucus Chairman Joseph Crowley, N.Y., - called for him to resign, along with Conyers.

The three - judge panel's ruling is a break for Democrat Al Franken, who currently holds a 225 vote lead over Coleman.

She's been a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement, pushed for Al Franken's resignation, and endured a gross Twitter feud with the president.

Gillibrand defends her early call for former Sen. Al Franken, a friend, to resign over sexual harassment allegations.

Communications director on Al Franken for Senate / Minnesota Coordinated Campaign.

A second woman has accused Minnesota Sen. Al Franken of inappropriate touching, saying he put his hand on her bottom as they posed for a picture at the Minnesota State Fair in 2010 — after he had begun his career in the Senate.

Resigning amid sexual harassment accusations, soon - to - be former Sen. Al Franken gave a farewell speech to the Senate, criticizing the Trump administration and saying the war for truth is being lost.

At least four U.S. senators are urging Al Franken to reconsider resigning, including two who issued statements calling for the resignation two weeks ago and said they now feel remorse over what they feel was a rush to judgment.

«I of all people am aware that there is some irony in the fact that I am leaving while a man who has bragged on tape about his history of sexual assault sits in the Oval Office, and a man who has repeatedly preyed on young girls campaigns for the Senate with the full support of his party,» Franken said during his resignation speech.

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.

ALBANY — The 2005 party at which Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is alleged by a political opponent to have snorted cocaine was a benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina headlined by Al Franken, its organizer said.

the analysis for Minnesota is dead on because it is hard to tell just how much support Al Franken can actually muster.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Thursday morning that she did not publicly call for Sen. Al Franken to resign over several allegations of sexual misconduct because the two Minnesota Democrats are colleagues.