Dems Read King Letter On Senate Floor

Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly.

Dems read king letter on senate floor.

Elizabeth warren elizabeth warren gop s don bacon and challenger neck and neck in democratic poll. Jeff sessions r al written by coretta scott king in 1986 after senate republicans voted to stop sen. Elizabeth warren d ma after she quoted from a letter by coretta scott king preventing her from reading it. Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution.

In response to the cascade of outrage democratic senators on wednesday began taking to the senate floor to read the letter. Elizabeth warren d mass prompting widespread public outcry for reading a letter by coretta scott king from 30 years ago that condemned sen. Jeff merkley d or elaborated on the context of the letter and quoted from it at length unimpeded. On the senate floor wednesday night majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky used parliamentary procedure to silence sen.

Jeff sessions s r ala record on voting and civil rights. Democratic senators read coretta scott king s letter from the senate floor on wednesday morning after senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts was stopped in the middle of doing so on tuesday night. Dems read king letter on senate floor after gop silences warren. Martin luther king jr s widow.

Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm. Elizabeth warren d ma from reading the same letter. Senate republicans voted tuesday evening to formally silence sen. Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly critical of attorney general nominee sen.

Democrats rallied around elizabeth warren on wednesday after the massachusetts senator was silenced for reading from a 30 year old letter written by the rev. Another condemnation of racist policing will ring out on the senate floor tuesday as lawmakers stand up to read martin luther king jr s letter from birmingham jail. I entered coretta scott king s letter abt sessions into the senate record and read it from the floor her words should not be silenced tom udall senatortomudall february 8 2017.