Sen. Tim Scott Timothy (Tim) Eugene ScottAuthor Ryan Girdusky: RNC worked best when highlighting 'regular people' as opposed to 'standard Republicans' Now is the time to renew our focus on students and their futures GOP lobbyists pleasantly surprised by Republican convention MORE (R-S.C.) was hit in the head by a reporter’s notebook after it fell from the press gallery during the Senate’s late-night session to vote on a “skinny” ObamaCare repeal bill.

Scott, who was sitting next to Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), can be seen jumping after the notebook falls on his head in a video posted to Twitter.

On the Senate floor, @SenatorTimScott gets hit by a reporters notebook that feel from the gallery above: pic.twitter.com/qmpyX4ZEdA — Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) July 28, 2017

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Haley Byrd of the Independent Journal Review later tweeted that it was her notebook that fell from the press gallery and apologized to Scott and Sasse.

“I accidentally dropped my notebook. It's been a long day. (I'm sorry @SenatorTimScott and @BenSasse. I wasn't attacking u, I promise),” she said.

I accidentally dropped my notebook. It's been a long day. (I'm sorry @SenatorTimScott and @BenSasse. I wasn't attacking u, I promise) https://t.co/WVNcDQhWle — Haley Byrd (@byrdinator) July 28, 2017

The light-hearted moment occurred in a late-night voting session in the Senate as Republicans attempt to pass their “skinny” ObamaCare repeal bill.

The Senate rejected a scaled-down ObamaCare repeal bill on Friday in a surprise vote viewed as a major defeat for GOP leaders.