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发帖数: 61690 | 1 An unnamed senator inadvertently broke a glass elephant belonging to Sen.
Susan Collins (R-Maine) in the midst of using a "talking stick" during
bipartisan shutdown talks in her office, CNN reported on Monday.
Another senator present at the meeting told CNN that Collins presented the
stick to the group to prevent interruptions during negotiations. Only the
lawmaker holding the stick would be allowed to talk.
The senator told CNN that another lawmaker who was speaking with the stick
was interrupted by a colleague and “forcefully delivered” the stick across
the room in response. The stick chipped the glass elephant, which was
sitting on a shelf.
After the stick-throwing incident, the senator told CNN that Collins
replaced the stick with a small rubber basketball that another senator had
jokingly brought. The senator told CNN that the incident was treated good-
humoredly and that all the senators laughed about it.
The senators were meeting to discuss passing a stopgap spending bill to fund
the government for another three weeks and end the three-day shutdown. The
Senate voted Monday afternoon to pass the bill. |
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