Sentences with phrase «lengthy floor speech»

Sen. Ruben Diaz, D - Bronx, went on a lengthy floor speech decrying the resolution which included Sen. Joe Griffo telling him several times he was being uncivil.

Despite the lengthy floor speeches by lawmakers, nearly all from a mainline group of Democrats in the Senate's minority, the bill ended up passing easily by a vote of 53 - 4.

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Here's footage of Sen. Kevin Parker's lengthy speech on the Senate floor this afternoon, during which he sort of, kind of, apologized for the his outburst last week during the Finance Committee meeting and subsequent claim that his GOP colleagues are «white supremacists.»

extensively uses footage from his lengthy speech on the Senate floor on May 20 against bulk data collection and surveillance in the PATRIOT Act.