A rare and contentious showdown among Democrats played out in public view on the Senate floor Tuesday as an animated Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) sparred with colleagues over passing bipartisan bills to bolster local police forces.

Cory Booker laying into Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Amy Klobuchar over his objection to a package of bipartisan bills meant to support law enforcement and their families. During a back-and-forth that lasted almost an hour,

It’s time for us to draw lines,” said U.S. Senator Cory Booker during a heated exchange on the Senate floor. Emotions were high on the U.S. Senate floor on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as Democratic senators clashed in a war of words over a dispute while trying to pass proposals that would boost funding for police departments nationwide.