Dems Read King Letter On Senate Floor

Senate democrats are taking to the senate floor to read coretta scott king s letter after sen.

Dems read king letter on senate floor.

By matt shuham february 8 2017 11 09 a m. Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly. Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm. Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution.

On the senate floor wednesday night majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky used parliamentary procedure to silence sen. Elizabeth warren elizabeth warren gop s don bacon and challenger neck and neck in democratic poll. 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. Senate republicans voted tuesday evening to formally silence sen.

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. In response to the cascade of outrage democratic senators on wednesday began taking to the senate floor to read the letter. Jeff sessions s r ala record on voting and civil rights. Martin luther king jr s widow.

Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly critical of attorney general nominee sen. Later in the night however sen. 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. Elizabeth warren d ma after she quoted from a letter by coretta scott king preventing her from reading it.

Dems read king letter on senate floor after gop silences warren. Jeff sessions r al written by coretta scott king in 1986 after senate republicans voted to stop 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.