In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate in Washington, Feb. 6, 2017, about the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be Education Secretary. The Senate will be in session around the clock this week as Republicans aim to confirm more of President Donald Trump's Cabinet picks over Democratic opposition. (Senate TV via AP)
Senator Elizabeth Warren is being silenced as the Senate debates the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected to a speech being given by the Massachusetts Democrat. Warren was reading a letter written by Coretta Scott King 30 years ago in opposition to Sessions becoming a federal judge. The Republican-led Senate voted 49-43 to punish Warren, barring her from speaking during the rest of the debate on Sessions, who is a senator from Alabama.