Lawmakers Divided Over Senate Brawl

Lawmakers Divided Over Senate Brawl (Added: February 05, 2008)

The Alabama Senate began its new session the same way it ended the last session - divided along party lines over a Republican senator punching a Democratic senator. (more)

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The Alabama Senate began its new session the same way it ended the last session - divided along party lines over a Republican senator punching a Democratic senator.

By: Jamie Burch | WKRG-TV
Published: February 05, 2008

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate began its new session
the same way it ended the last session - divided along party lines
over a Republican senator punching a Democratic senator.
On the last day of the 2007 session, June 7, Sen. Charles
Bishop, R-Jasper, hit Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, in the head. On
the opening day of the 2008 session Tuesday, the Senate split along
party lines in passing a resolution providing that by majority
vote, the Senate can require security to escort senators who
resorts to violence in the future.
Also, the Democrat-controlled panel that determines senators'
committee assignments took Bishop off of several Senate committees,
including the General Fund budget committee.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)