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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsView from the Senate Gallery
Wish You Were Here Jan 30 Connie ShultzIf you could watch the senators' conduct during these hours upon hours of testimony, you could decide for yourself which senators are taking seriously their oath to conduct themselves as close-mouthed, open-minded jurists and which ones made up their minds before they walked through the chamber doors. [snip]
As the wife of a U.S. senator, Democrat Sherrod Brown, I can sit in the family section of the senate gallery during the trial. I don't have to stand in line with the general public, who is admitted a handful at a time but never to the point where all the seats are filled. I can also stay as long as I like, which has allowed me to watch as entire rows of Americans are summarily ordered to rise in unison and leave, even though many seats in the gallery remain empty.
I don't blame the Capitol enforcers for this. They are some of the nicest public servants I know.
I was in the gallery for three hours last Thursday night, for another eight hours on Friday and for the morning session on Saturday. [snip]
The testimony can be dry at times, but the view is fascinating...
As the wife of a U.S. senator, Democrat Sherrod Brown, I can sit in the family section of the senate gallery during the trial. I don't have to stand in line with the general public, who is admitted a handful at a time but never to the point where all the seats are filled. I can also stay as long as I like, which has allowed me to watch as entire rows of Americans are summarily ordered to rise in unison and leave, even though many seats in the gallery remain empty.
I don't blame the Capitol enforcers for this. They are some of the nicest public servants I know.
I was in the gallery for three hours last Thursday night, for another eight hours on Friday and for the morning session on Saturday. [snip]
The testimony can be dry at times, but the view is fascinating...
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View from the Senate Gallery (Original Post)
crickets
Jan 2020
OP
2naSalit
(86,843 posts)1. Oh do tell us, Ms Schultz!
Ohiogal
(32,118 posts)2. Connie Shultz
is no less than a national treasure.
crickets
(25,987 posts)3. shameless kick for the evening crowd
malaise
(269,219 posts)4. Kick
We should be able to see the entire Senate