9 k, `. Z' F# h6 ?$ q% E$ u E* G# b/ Q- ~/ ?( O! r$ h June 7, 2007, 11:58PM ! _5 s! ?# U2 j' k+ \; e! ZAlabama Senate ends with a bang, and blow1 ?3 E8 V% V0 L. a
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MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart./ n' s& N2 R3 j
- B5 ~2 y$ n! {+ G" @! I/ n4 ^8 NRepublican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)." & }: D: N% b1 B; b% ]" g7 d5 l# j 4 F# [3 ~1 k' _7 ^ O7 B# V, R"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said. Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch.+ X8 l% z; I- P: R8 e" o
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Barron did not comment and went into a closed-door meeting with other Democrats." y# w- ^) K x; ?) p5 q
, A9 F6 I8 p7 q" N# T! PSen. Vivian Figures went into the meeting carrying first aid supplies, but said Barron was not hurt.