Within hours of being sworn in as Minnesota's 2nd senator, Senator Al Franken took action on his first bill: he co-sponsored the Employee Free Choice Act.

"I just became a cosponsor of my first bill in the Senate, the Employee Free Choice Act," the Minnesota Democrat declared at a gathering at the AFL-CIO on Tuesday evening.

The addition of Senator Franken makes 41 sponsors of the Employee Free Choice Act in the Senate, in addition to 227 in the House. Click here to fax your Members of Congress today and make sure they support the Employee Free Choice Act, too.