WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (UPI) -- The drawn-out U.S. Senate race in Minnesota also was a costly one, the Federal Elections Commission reported.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Al Franken, one of the U.S. Senate's newest members, forced veteran Sen. Joseph Lieberman to cut short his remarks on healthcare Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Silence by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., is being seen as part of a partisan effort to paint Republicans as being sympathetic to rapists, some GOP lawmakers say.

INDIANOLA, Iowa, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Comedian turned Democratic U.S. Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota returned to his comedic roots at an annual fundraiser for Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Al Franken canceled a Minnesota fundraiser scheduled for Thursday after learning the host had spent a year in prison for fraud.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A spokesman for U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., says the fledgling congressman has yet to adjust to the trials associated with his new Washington post.

WASHINGTON, July 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., confronted T. Boone Pickens over the oil billionaire's financing of Swift Boat ads in the 2004 campaign, witnesses said.

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WASHINGTON, July 15 (UPI) -- Call it "The Case of Remember When," as Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor talked about the TV classic "Perry Mason."