 On August 6 , 2009 , Franken presided over the confirmation vote of Sonia Sotomayor to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court . A year later , on August 5 , 2010 , Franken presided over the confirmation vote of Elena Kagan . His first piece of legislation , the Service Dogs for Veterans Act , which he wrote jointly with Republican Johnny Isakson , passed the Senate with unanimous consent , and established a program with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to pair disabled veterans with service dogs . 
