by Associated Press
Published: Tue, February 05, 2008 - 4:24 pm CST
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate began its new sessionthe same way it ended the last session - divided along party lines
over a Republican senator punching a Democratic senator.
On the last day of the 2007 session, June 7, Sen. Charles
Bishop, R-Jasper, hit Sen. Lowell Barron, D-Fyffe, in the head. On
the opening day of the 2008 session Tuesday, the Senate split along
party lines in passing a resolution providing that by majority
vote, the Senate can require security to escort senators who
resorts to violence in the future.
Also, the Democrat-controlled panel that determines senators'
committee assignments took Bishop off of several Senate committees,
including the General Fund budget committee.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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