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Bill Hillsman: Isn't There Anybody on Our Side Anymore?

2012-05-31T18:12:12Z

It's no secret that Americans are losing faith in many of our institutions. It's no wonder, either. Reading the news makes you think that there isn't anybody on our side anymore.

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Hospital CEO To Step Down Amid Accretive Health Debt-Collection Controversy

2012-05-24T15:10:21Z

Mark Eustis, the president CEO of a Minnesota hospital company under fire from state and federal authorities for allegedly harsh tactics its employees...

Read more: Lori Swanson, Debt, Minnesota, Lobbying, Health Care Costs, Al Franken, Mike Leavitt, Henry Waxman, Business, Politics, Video, Debt Collectors, Rahm Emanuel, Debt Collection, Chicago, Hospitals, Hospital Debt Collection, Health Care, Accretive Health, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, Personal Finance, Business News

Hospital Debt Collector Taps Washington Bigwigs In Bid To Restore Reputation

2012-05-15T18:58:12Z

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire for allegedly hounding hospital patients over unpaid bills, has hired former President George W...

Read more: Lori Swanson, Debt, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Lobbying, Al Franken, Mike Leavitt, Henry Waxman, Business, Donna Shalala, Politics, Video, Debt Collectors, Uninsured, Rahm Emanuel, Debt Collection, Tom Daschle, Chicago, Hospitals, Bill Frist, Health Care, Accretive Health, Personal Finance, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Business News

Saturday Night Live Post 50s: Where Are They Now?

2012-05-12T09:27:00Z

In honor of next week's Saturday Night Live season finale, we were inspired to check up on a few of our favorite post 50 SNL alums -- the stars baby b...

Read more: Steve Martin, Chris Rock, Baby Boomers, Saturday Night Live, Chevy Chase, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Al Franken, Fifty News

For Your Own Good: Debt Collectors Say They Help Hospital Patients By Demanding Money

2012-05-11T20:29:00Z

Accretive Health, a debt-collection company under fire from Minnesota and federal officials for aggressive tactics to squeeze money from hospital pati...

Read more: Lori Swanson, Debt, Minnesota, Lobbying, Health Care Costs, Al Franken, Henry Waxman, Business, Politics, Video, Debt Collectors, Uninsured, Rahm Emanuel, Debt Collection, Chicago, Hospitals, Accretive Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Healthcare Costs, Personal Finance, Business News

Rahm Emanuel Fights For Widely Criticized Debt Collector

2012-05-08T14:28:28Z

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants his Democratic colleague Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson to lay off hospital debt-collector Accretive Health,...

Read more: Lori Swanson, Kathleen Sebelius, Lobbying, Health Care Costs, Al Franken, Henry Waxman, Business, Politics, Debt Collectors, Pete Stark, Rahm Emanuel, Debt Collection, Hospitals, Diana DeGette, Health Care, G. K. Butterfield, Accretive Health, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare, Business News

Nonprofit Hospitals Sued 40,000 Patients Over Unpaid Bills

2012-04-27T12:26:16Z

Hospitals in North Carolina are taking debt-collection to a whole new level.

Certain North Carolina hospitals sued 40,000 patients for unpaid bill...

Read more: Lori Swanson, Debt, Debt Collectors, Video, Pete Stark, Uninsured, Minnesota, Health Care Costs, Debt Collection, Economy, Al Franken, Hospitals, Jobs, Health Insurance, Business, Health Care, Healthcare, North Carolina, Business News

WATCH: Al Franken Weeps On Senate Floor

2012-04-26T16:38:43Z

Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) broke into tears on Thursday while giving a speech about the Violence Against Women Act.

Franken was on the Senate floor ...

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Coleen Rowley: Barbara Lee Was Right! Amy Klobuchar Is Wrong!

2012-04-21T14:10:16Z

Barbara Lee turned out to be 100% right about the wrongful wars launched on Afghanistan and Iraq and she is certainly right again -- to try and stop an even more catastrophic and illegal preemptive war on Iran!

Read more: Friends Committee on National Legislation, Iran, Minnesota, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Al Franken, Keith Ellison, Amy Klobuchar, Betty McCollum, Rep. Barbara Lee, Barbara Lee, Politics News

GOP Senate Candidate Mocks Al Franken's Anti-Bullying Bill

2012-04-19T12:02:34Z

WASHINGTON -- Heather Wilson, a Republican running for U.S. Senate in New Mexico, came out against Sen. Al Franken's (D-Minn.) anti-LGBT bullying legi...

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WATCH: Julia Louis-Dreyfus On The Senate Candy Drawer And The Prank She Played On Al Franken

2012-04-18T14:30:00Z

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus, of "Seinfeld" and "30 Rock" fame, spoke with Jon Stewart about preparing for new role as Vice President Selina Meyer, the...

Read more: Video, Jon Stewart, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Al Franken, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Post 50 Celebrities, Veep, The Daily Show, Julia Louis-Dreyfus Veep, Fifty News

'People In Stock Photos' Fundraise For Al Franken

2012-04-06T14:16:16Z

Candidates often send out fundraising solicitations from their family, prominent political figures or regular citizens who are just so excited about t...

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Ken Jacobson: Whose Corporations? Our Corporations!

2012-04-05T11:39:51Z

Historically, corporations were understood to be responsible to a complex web of constituencies, including employees, communities, society at large, suppliers, and shareholders. But in the era of deregulation, the interests of shareholders began to trump all the others.

Read more: Shareholders, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Greed, Business, Corporations, Al Franken, Business News

Top Tech Quotes: Facebook Slam, Google In 20 Years And More

2012-03-31T13:13:14Z

When it comes to the latest in tech, everyone has a take -- and they aren't afraid to share it.

From weighing in on the battles between web behemo...

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Senator Warns Facebook, Google Users: 'You Are Their Product'

2012-03-30T18:14:58Z

Web giants are becoming too big to care, Senator Al Franken warned Thursday.

Franken argued that the growing dominance of companies such as Faceboo...

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Al Franken: How Privacy Has Become an Antitrust Issue

2012-03-30T17:11:23Z

Most Americans don't think about antitrust law when they look at their cable bill, flip channels on TV, or worry about what their favorite website knows about them. But they should.

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Senator Planning Early Education Bill To Help Economy

2012-03-08T21:00:43Z

When Sen. Tom Harkin asked a panel of education experts at a Thursday Senate committee hearing how they would improve the country's public schools, he...

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Senate To Vote On Controversial Birth Control Measure This Week

2012-02-28T17:35:00Z

WASHINGTON -- The Senate will vote Thursday on a contentious Republican measure that would allow any employer to refuse to insure birth control or any...

Read more: Video, Senate Vote Contraception, Barbara Boxer, Women's Health, Roy Blunt, Al Franken, Blunt Amendment Contraception, Mitch Mconnell, Contraception, Harry Reid, Senate Birth Control, Birth Control, Senate Contraception, Blunt Amendment, Politics News

Dems: Investigate Rove's Secret Money Group

2012-02-16T17:17:20Z

WASHINGTON -- Seven Democratic senators sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) calling for an investigation into social welfare nonprofit...

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Raven Brooks: SOPA/PIPA Aftermath: Where We Go Next

2012-01-19T11:49:27Z

It seems that SOPA and PIPA are dead in their current forms, but like zombies they'll be back under different names. I think there are a couple of lessons worth taking away from Wednesday's protest.

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Chris Castle: The Samba of Bad Moves: Eric Schmidt Changes His Testimony -- Again

2011-12-21T15:31:18Z

It is an important Sherman Act question if Google used its profits from its dominance in search to subsidize its dominance in video through YouTube. Google should honestly answer that question.

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Shawn Lawrence Otto: Video: Franken and Whitehouse School Congress on Climate Change

2011-12-20T20:46:00Z

"As a society, we have to understand that science is a way of understanding the truth about the way things actually are in the physical world independent of how we wish they would be," Sen. Al Franken said.

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Shawn Lawrence Otto: Franken, Whitehouse Expose Climate Deniers on Senate Floor

2011-12-19T17:45:37Z

The U.S. was founded by scientists, based in large part on the principles of science. So it is shocking to see mainstream politicians denying the validity of science for political reasons, practice long associated with authoritarian regimes.

Read more: Phil Jones, Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael Mann, Al Franken, Antiscience, Science, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, George C. Marshall Institute, Heartland Institute, Green News

AT&T, Sprint Say Customers Agreed To Carrier IQ Tracking

2011-12-17T11:57:26Z

More than two weeks ago, security researcher Trevor Eckhart posted a video about Carrier IQ, an obscure software installed on approximately 150 millio...

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Al Franken: Why I Voted Against the National Defense Authorization Act

2011-12-16T15:09:16Z

Yesterday was the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, and the passage of a bill provisions that are inconsistent with the liberties and freedoms that are at the core of the system our Founders established wasn't the way to mark its birthday.

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