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    Franken heeds calls to quit Senate

    by Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times Dec 08, 2017 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Al Franken announced Thursday he would resign his Senate seat, falling to a whirlwind of sexual misconduct allegations like those that have enmeshed other politicians, business leaders and media figures across the country in recent months.

    Hours later, Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, a Republican who is the ideological opposite of the Minnesota Democrat, announced his resignation after the House Ethics Committee revealed it had opened an investigation of sexual harassment allegations against him. In a statement, Franks admitted he had asked two female subordinates about bearing a child for him by surrogacy.

    In a brief but emotional speech on the Senate floor, with 22 Democratic colleagues and one Republican looking on, Franken invoked the accusations that have swirled around President Donald Trump and the Republican candidate in next week's special election for an Alabama seat in the Senate, Roy Moore.

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