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Democrats stage sit-in on House floor to force gun vote
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Democrats stage sit-in on House floor to force gun vote –'We have been too quiet for too long,' said Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the civil rights icon. [I hope they do the same, when corporatist frauds Barack Obama and Paul Ryan try to pass the TPP in a lame-duck session of Congress...Yeah, I'm sure they will. *Not.*] | 22 June 2016 | Dozens of House Democrats staged a “sit-in” on the House floor Wednesday in protest of GOP leadership's refusal to allow a vote on a gun control measure following the Orlando massacre. Led by Reps. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the civil rights icon, and John Larson (D-Conn.), more than 40 Democrats walked into the chamber just before noon and pledged to “occupy” the House floor until GOP leadership allowed a vote. Their numbers over the course of an hour more than tripled — even as Republicans recessed the House, turning off CSPAN cameras and the video feed to the public. Democrats countered the TV camera blackout by streaming everything on their cell phones, which ended up on C-SPAN anyway.
Source: http://www.legitgov.org/Democrats-stage-sit-House-floor-force-gun-vote
