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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...st-on-house-floor-to-force-gun-control-votes/
Democrats’ sit-in on House floor to force gun-control votes continues late into the night
“Democrats took over the House floor on Wednesday in an attempt to force votes on gun-control proposals, holding their sit-in well into the evening. Chanting “no bill, no vote,” a group of House Democrats shouted down Republican leaders’ efforts to gavel the House into session around 11:30 a.m., and then prevented the GOP from conducting regular business for most of the day.
Around 10 p.m. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) called the House back into session to hold a vote on legislation concerning an investor adviser rule released earlier this year by the Labor Department that Republicans oppose. The vote was an attempt by Republican leaders to show the House could do its business despite the Democrats’ protest. But it was held as Democrats sang “We Shall Overcome” switching the words of the second verso to “we shall pass a bill.”
Democrats made clear they would continue their sit-in to highlight their push for gun control votes following the recent mass shooting in Orlando……………
This a historic moment paralleling the Civil Rights movement and the anger which has welled up in this country because D.C. does not represent their needs............
Democrats are staging a sit-in I the House well………..When and if the demonstration will end have not been announced………
Spurred on by the 92% of all of America……. Democrats……….Republicans and a majority of NRA has sparked the demonstration..........
Democrats are demanding a gun regulation bill be brought to the floor for a vote………
Speaker Ryan has refused and said not to long ago he has no plans to ever bring any kind of gun regulation vote to the floor for a vote………
This moment maybe remembered as the beginnings of the sweeping Congress the “always say NO” and the "No compromise” foot draggers………
And replacing them with responsible members who are dedicated to serving the people they represent……
Democrats’ sit-in on House floor to force gun-control votes continues late into the night
“Democrats took over the House floor on Wednesday in an attempt to force votes on gun-control proposals, holding their sit-in well into the evening. Chanting “no bill, no vote,” a group of House Democrats shouted down Republican leaders’ efforts to gavel the House into session around 11:30 a.m., and then prevented the GOP from conducting regular business for most of the day.
Around 10 p.m. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) called the House back into session to hold a vote on legislation concerning an investor adviser rule released earlier this year by the Labor Department that Republicans oppose. The vote was an attempt by Republican leaders to show the House could do its business despite the Democrats’ protest. But it was held as Democrats sang “We Shall Overcome” switching the words of the second verso to “we shall pass a bill.”
Democrats made clear they would continue their sit-in to highlight their push for gun control votes following the recent mass shooting in Orlando……………
This a historic moment paralleling the Civil Rights movement and the anger which has welled up in this country because D.C. does not represent their needs............
Democrats are staging a sit-in I the House well………..When and if the demonstration will end have not been announced………
Spurred on by the 92% of all of America……. Democrats……….Republicans and a majority of NRA has sparked the demonstration..........
Democrats are demanding a gun regulation bill be brought to the floor for a vote………
Speaker Ryan has refused and said not to long ago he has no plans to ever bring any kind of gun regulation vote to the floor for a vote………
This moment maybe remembered as the beginnings of the sweeping Congress the “always say NO” and the "No compromise” foot draggers………
And replacing them with responsible members who are dedicated to serving the people they represent……