Senate Democrats allowed to read Coretta Scott King's letter on Senate floor

Sen. Tom Udall on Wednesday was allowed to read Coretta Scott King's letter critiquing Sen. Jeff Sessions, less than 24 hours after colleague Sen. Elizabeth Warren was banned from doing so.

Udall, a Democrat from New Mexico, said he entered the letter — a harsh response to President Reagan's nomination of Sessions as a federal judge 30-some years ago — because Warren's words "should not be silenced."

After Udall finished reading the letter, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, also began reading the letter and was not stopped.