Bob Packwood

Bob Packwood

In 1988, a US Senator named Robert Byrd invoked an obscure rule to allow the Sergeant-at-Arms (Henry K. Giugni) to arrest absent Senators and bring them into the chamber for a vote. One Senator (Bob Packwood) attempted to escape but was caught and carried feet-first into the Senate chamber by three officers.

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