Coretta Scott King Letter On The Senate Floor

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Coretta scott king letter on the senate floor. Bernie sanders reads coretta scott king s letter on the senate floor calls gop silencing elizabeth warren incomprehensible this link is to an external site that may or may not meet. A day after senate republicans invoked a conduct rule to end sen. Senate majority leader mitch mcconnell r ky proved himself to be a coward tuesday night when he stopped sen. Democrat defies gop reads part of coretta scott king s letter on senate floor.

The letter from 30 years ago urged the. Senate republicans voted to rebuke warren after she read from a letter that coretta scott king wrote criticizing sessions a republican senator from alabama who was confirmed wednesday night as. Elizabeth warren d mass from reading a 1986 letter penned by coretta scott king. Elizabeth warren s speech against the nomination of sen.

Australia brazil españa france ελλάδα greece india italia 日本 japan 한국 korea quebec. Jeff sessions as u s. In that document scott king urges that sessions who at that time was up for a seat as a federal district court judge be denied that position partly due to his record of suppressing voting rights. During the debate on whether to make jeff sessions the next attorney general i tried to read a letter from coretta scott king on the floor of the senate.

Attorney general a 1986 letter from coretta scott. Mcconnell also specifically pointed to warren quoting a letter from the late coretta scott king a civil rights activist and wife of martin luther king jr as evidence that she had broken the rules. Tom udall senatortomudall february 8 2017.