Brawl in Alabama Senate - Senator Charles Bishop Punches Senator Lowell Barron

It looked like something you'd see out of a third world country: members of an elected body getting so angry at each other that punches fly. Only this time, it happened in the good ol' USA in the Alabama State Senate. Here's more from WKRG:

Senator Lowell Barron could decide as early as Friday whether he'll press criminal charges against Republican Senator Charles Bishop of Jasper.
Bishop punched Barron in the head after the two argued over a campaign finance bill which, Bishop says, was being held hostage. "It was a hospitalization punch", said Senator Parker Griffith, a Democrat from Huntsville.
Griffith says the punch was so hard, it knocked Barron over his desk on the Senate floor.
Bishop readily admits punching Barron, but Barron denies doing anything to provoke it.
However, the Republican Senator said his Democratic colleague called him an S.O.B.
Senate Democrats filed an emergency motion to expell Bishop for the rest of the session, which was set to end at midnight.
But Bishop dismissed himself after an emotional speech. "I love each of you, and most of all I love this place. But I'm going home, so have a good day." said Bishop.