Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives held an all-night sit-in into Thursday morning in their disruptive push for gun control legislation after the gay nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, even though Republicans went home for a holiday break.
After a raucous day that nearly erupted into a fistfight, the majority Republicans retook control of the House in the predawn hours on Thursday, adjourned the chamber after forcing through several unrelated measures and said there would be no more votes until after the July 4 holiday. The protesting Democrats stayed behind and vowed to continue their protest.
Scores of Democrats had flooded the House floor at 11:25 a.m. on Wednesday and still occupied it as of Thursday morning. They sat in the aisles, often chanting and singing, and brought business to a halt, demanding Republican leaders allow a vote on gun-related legislation after the June 12 shooting in which a gunman killed 49 people.
“We are going to hold the floor of the House of Representatives … until we can get the majority to do their jobs and give us a vote,” Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz told CBS “This Morning.” For the full article click here
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