Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) gave a charismatic speech on the Senate floor Tuesday regarding defunding the police. The New Jersey Senator's remarks followed Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) introduction of a non-binding amendment to Democrats’ 2022 budget resolution which would cut federal funding to local governments that defund police reports Newsweek. A non-binding amendment, or resolution, is a motion adopted by a deliberative body that cannot be written into law. The statements in a non-binding motion act as a confirmation of the current position of the branch of government on a particular issue. "Madam President, I am so excited. This is a gift,” Booker said sardonically as he began his speech. “If it wasn’t complete abdication of Senate procedures and esteem I would walk over there and hug my colleague from Alabama.” "There are some people who've said that there are members of this deliberative body that want to defund the police — to my horror,” he added. “This senator has given...
