- @$ ?; L. ^) o据悉,参议院当天中午刚刚休会,毕肖普走近博龙所坐的座椅。安全官员和其它人随后急忙把他们拉开。阿拉巴马州议会称,这一事件给整个议会造成了不良影响。共和党参议员杰伊称:「这肯定会给议会尤其是参议院造成不良影响。」 ! J9 } t, J, c( O0 ` 4 J+ H5 q6 P) P+ Q " i7 a/ y& t, M. ]June 7, 2007, 11:58PM + ~, O* Z2 G J# y! iAlabama Senate ends with a bang, and blow $ G2 v0 k5 x. G 0 h4 H, |3 c9 x: m7 L; r2 z9 r6 wMONTGOMERY, 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. ; m' h9 b9 w5 ?3 d! o! ?" _" J& a. o
Republican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)." ( a, s, Y: W) I& S( b1 L) D& [: c* q3 X4 C& P0 [: ^1 b
"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said. Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch.9 |2 b" g+ `$ N( U% e' n A$ a+ E, |
8 H0 |7 E; ~2 X, @- EBarron did not comment and went into a closed-door meeting with other Democrats.! {- ~( P ~$ ]1 F4 A& q9 S
7 _/ o/ I- X" J' _* ]Sen. Vivian Figures went into the meeting carrying first aid supplies, but said Barron was not hurt.