Ending an 8 month odyssey of recounts and court challenges, Al Franken was sworn in as Minnesota's Junior US Senator filling a seat that has been vacant since former Senator Norm Coleman's term expired in January.
Franken may be the "60th vote" that is sometime needed to stop a filibuster on the Senate floor. There are now 58 Democrats and two independents that caucus with the Democrats.
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Senator Al Franken! I like the sound of that! (a few days after Palin resigns, LOL)
Aiden057 2 years ago 5
i wished he was our senator here in alabama.
WRATHofDESTRUCTION 2 years ago 3