Women and Girls

During Sessions Debate, Senate Republicans Silence Elizabeth Warren for Reading Letter from Coretta Scott King

By the Web Editors
Feb 8, 2017
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During a second night of Senate Democrats holding the floor — this time protesting the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general — Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) invoked a little-used rule to prevent Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) from continuing testimony after she read a 1986 letter from Coretta Scott King.

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