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U.S. Senator Al Franken was in St. Cloud today (Monday) meeting with local manufacturers, educators, and work force officials. He was gathering input for a new bill he's introducing called the "Community College to Career Fund Act".

U.S Senators Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken and Representatives Collin Peterson, Michele Bachmann, Keith Ellison, Tim Walz, and Erik Paulsen called on the Administration today to issue a disaster declaration for Minnesota counties to help storm cleanup efforts.

A claims backlog from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has veterans waiting too long to receive the benefits they have earned. The backlog has delay it where on average veterans wait 200-300 days before they can receive benefits.

Members of U.S. Senator Al Franken's staff will be in town tomorrow (Thursday). They'll be discussing efforts to end the backlog of Veterans Benefits Claims.

Area juniors and seniors getting ready for college can attend an event this (Wednesday) evening to learn about how to get help paying for it.

Minnesota Sen. Al Franken is praising President Barack Obama's pick of former Nebraska Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as his next defense secretary. Franken calls Hagel, a decorated Vietnam combat veteran, "a war hero." And Franken is promising to listen to his testimony.

The U.S. Senate will begin a debate on the 2012 Farm Bill in the next few weeks.