3 C" j* _0 c% `+ E7 a6 }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。」- C% l9 j1 F: W9 h$ b( D( p
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! g: B; V& k- r June 7, 2007, 11:58PM$ R5 N3 c- a8 `3 L$ u1 g% J& k* R Alabama Senate ends with a bang, and blow 9 K% x+ L6 k2 A- R1 U* V0 j & ?- Y5 t9 f. ?& M9 ZMONTGOMERY, 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. 2 X2 O( L) S5 h) D! r9 H* e* l/ T3 Z M: p8 Y
Republican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)." ; S0 N" ^; t; [ ( c" h; L3 I3 V- f" j O"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said. Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch.9 ~" U% O, M0 u2 [" _; I
5 \9 t( P& |% N$ X9 RBarron did not comment and went into a closed-door meeting with other Democrats. & [1 k& D; h& a t: S: ~) \9 d3 \% l
Sen. Vivian Figures went into the meeting carrying first aid supplies, but said Barron was not hurt.