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Between two senator, john mclaurin and ben tillman who were from the same state and the same party, both democrats. mclaurin called tillman a liar and the senate rule passed within a week. the senate rarely invokes the rule, even when it is tested like when ted cruz sanctimoniously called mitch mcconnell a liar. >> what we just saw today was an absolute demonstration that not only what he told every republican senator, but what he told the press over and over and over again was a simple lie. >> so dramatic. or earlier this month when the senate got a little emotional. you know, amy winehouse u...
I ask leave of the senate to continue my remarks. >> is there objection? >> object. >> i appeal -- >> objection is heard. the senator will take her seat. >> the senator will take her seat. and she did, but she didn't go quietly. senator warren continued her floor speech just outside the senate doors, this time to a much larger audience on facebook where she read coretta scott king's letter to an audience of over 5 million. she also called into the rachel maddow show as you may have seen last night claiming mcconnell was misapplying rule 19 that tells not to impute to another senator any unbeco...
Maddow show as you may have seen last night claiming mcconnell was misapplying rule 19 that tells not to impute to another senator any unbecoming conduct or motive. which is to be fair reasonable rule that is designed to keep the peace during debates. it was passed in response to a fistfight in the senate chambers between two senator, john mclaurin and ben tillman who were from the same state and the same party, both democrats. mclaurin called tillman a liar and the senate rule passed within a week. the senate rarely invokes the rule, even when it is tested like when ted cruz sanctimoniously c...
Senate rules? for shame on the republicans. this is wrong on every level, and i say congratulations to senator warren for bringing it up and i hope she continues to speak out on this topic. >> this was a bad tactical move by the republicans and the senate leader, mitch mcconnell? they're holding these 24-hour sessions. why pick a fight when the confirmation of jeff sessions is pretty much a done deal anyway? >> i think part of it was to try to return a little bit of decorum to the senate floor. it wasn't for reading the letter that senator warren was cited. it was called rule 19, that she was ...