Dems Read King Letter On Senate Floor

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.

Martin luther king jr s widow. Democratic senators on tuesday night and wednesday morning read from a letter harshly. Senate republicans voted tuesday evening to formally silence sen. Dems read king letter on senate floor after gop silences warren.

Passage of h r 8337 continuing resolution. Jeff sessions r al written by coretta scott king in 1986 after senate republicans voted to stop sen. By matt shuham february 8 2017 11 09 a m. Wednesday september 30 2020 08 52 pm.

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. Jeff sessions s r ala record on voting and civil rights. On the senate floor wednesday night majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky used parliamentary procedure to 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.

Jeff merkley d or elaborated on the context of the letter and quoted from it at length unimpeded. 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. Senate democrats are taking to the senate floor to read coretta scott king s letter after sen. Later in the night however sen.

Elizabeth warren d ma from reading the same letter. Elizabeth warren d mass prompting widespread public outcry for reading a letter by coretta scott king from 30 years ago that condemned sen. Elizabeth warren elizabeth warren gop s don bacon and challenger neck and neck in democratic poll.