. A) ]# {$ k5 R5 d; O/ e* IJune 7, 2007, 11:58PM * ~- Z& w: ]3 E3 e5 }: R# A1 CAlabama Senate ends with a bang, and blow " [% X' f1 j8 f8 x! A# p; h$ o% ~3 x 7 d: O6 P* ^9 z$ LMONTGOMERY, ALA. — Simmering tensions in the Alabama Senate boiled over Thursday when a Republican lawmaker punched a Democratic colleague in the head before they were pulled apart. 2 O/ K8 Z9 \0 C: s7 x 7 m2 O# s1 O" }' XRepublican Sen. Charles Bishop claimed that Democratic Sen. Lowell Barron called him a "son of a (expletive)." 7 d F2 C! v7 N% L ?1 n8 i( @8 x; F" R" \+ z( I"I responded to his comment with my right hand," Bishop said. Alabama Public Television tape captured the punch.% V) w1 |" i8 M6 C# X
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Barron did not comment and went into a closed-door meeting with other Democrats.. F* H: Q0 W0 E1 V4 b8 k- ~( ^
* M' ?, S6 p7 w; ?( NSen. Vivian Figures went into the meeting carrying first aid supplies, but said Barron was not hurt.