After a year of railing against it, Sen. Al Franken relieved Comcast dropped bid to buy Time Warner

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Al Franken said Thursday he was relieved to hear that Comcast was dropping its bid to buy Time Warner Cable.

Franken, a Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, has been angry about the bid since the beginning, saying it will only make service more expensive and competition worse for consumers. He pushed federal regulators and the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission to oppose the deal.

Just last week, Franken led a letter with five other senators asking federal regulators to halt it.

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