| No Images? Click here   Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) officially lost the support of many of his colleagues Wednesday, when more than 20 Democratic senators and the chairman of the Democratic National Committee called on him to step down amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations, including groping and kissing women without their consent.Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who has been a leader on raising awareness about the epidemic of sexual misconduct, was the first to call on Franken to go.“I have been shocked and disappointed to learn over the last few weeks that a colleague I am fond of personally has engaged in behavior towards women that is unacceptable,” she said in a Facebook post. “I consider Senator Franken to be a friend and have enjoyed working with him in the Senate in our shared fight to help American families. But this moment of reckoning about our friends and colleagues who have been accused of sexual misconduct is necessary, and it is painful. We must not lose sight that this watershed moment is bigger than any one industry, any one party, or any one person.”Moments later, several of Gillibrand’s female colleagues also began calling for Franken’s resignation.Male senators, including Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) ― the caucus’ No. 2 member ― later followed suit as well.  WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?President Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel's capital and announced the U.S. embassy would be moving there. “This is nothing more or less than a recognition of reality,” the president said Wednesday of the controversial decision.The GOP is trying to figure out how not to shut down the government at Christmas. Republicans and Democrats are getting closer on spending deals, but conservatives still want a say.A food stamp fight looms in Congress after tax code overhaul. Donald Trump and conservative Republicans are itching for “welfare reform.”
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