Headline Roundup February 8, 2017
GOP Votes to Silence Warren
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Senate voted late Tuesday to tell Sen. Elizabeth Warren to sit down — and shut up. Almost instantly, social media propelled the episode into a national storyline.
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GOP votes to silence Elizabeth Warren for attacks on AG nominee Jeff Sessions
Washington Times
News
Fed up with what they said were out-of-bounds Democratic attacks on President Trump’s attorney general nominee, Republicans struck back Tuesday night, voting to silence Sen. Elizabeth Warren for inappropriate behavior on the floor of the Senate.
McConnell Cuts Off Elizabeth Warren For Criticizing Sessions, Senate GOP Silences Her
HuffPost
News
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) rose on Tuesday and objected to a speech Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was giving in opposition to the nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as attorney general.
Senate votes to shut up Elizabeth Warren
Politico
News
The Senate voted late Tuesday to tell Sen. Elizabeth Warren to sit down — and shut up. Almost instantly, social media propelled the episode into a national storyline.
