- X6 K* h- G8 ]# D3 `$ a , J% k+ D; ?9 N4 H- w: ~6 fJune 7, 2007, 11:58PM" V9 v8 U4 Q- Y; x3 u Alabama Senate ends with a bang, and blow 4 i- x0 a# f7 s/ f& s6 H3 ] " n3 T- b; g: u K' s7 u: o2 BMONTGOMERY, 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./ j- U) x9 c+ g! T) J3 R) W$ L
2 T6 w8 n8 G$ U# I: J+ X) ] MRepublican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)." 2 {4 q+ @% Z4 p9 ~$ K$ d3 [5 u7 Y* S* L: _" P3 V
"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said. Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch. Z9 s" r- V5 V; s- X: W5 i+ Z
/ z8 K2 z! W1 O: N% ABarron did not comment and went into a closed-door meeting with other Democrats.3 F: R0 b: r1 d S1 H, ]
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Sen. Vivian Figures went into the meeting carrying first aid supplies, but said Barron was not hurt.
