This April 13, 2009 file photo shows Al Franken speaking at a news conference outside his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Comic Al Franken formally won his battle for a US Senate seat from Minnesota on June 30, 2009, a victory that enhances Democrats' ability to enact US President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda. Franken's victory, quickly hailed by the White House, would give Democrats and their two reliable independent allies the 60 votes needed to overrun any Republican efforts to use parliamentary delaying tactics, such as filibusters. Getty Images logo Getty Images 32 months ago

This April 13, 2009 file photo shows Al Franken speaking at a news conference outside his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Comic Al Franken formally won his battle for a US Senate seat from Minnesota on June 30, 2009, a victory that enhances Democrats' ability to enact US President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda. Franken's victory, quickly hailed by the White House, would give Democrats and their two reliable independent allies the 60 votes needed to overrun any Republican efforts to use parliamentary delaying tactics, such as filibusters.

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