Franken Didn't Take Long Post 16 years ago It took newly sworn in Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) about 20 minutes to ignore the pleas of his constituents and cosponsor the Card Check Forced Unionism bill. Share this: Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn