Dozens of house democrats staged a sit in on the house floor wednesday in protest of the gop leadership s refusal to allow a vote on a gun control measure following the orlando massacre.
Democratic sitting on floor.
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The 2016 united states house of representatives sit in began on june 22 2016 when members of the house democratic caucus led by georgia representative john lewis and massachusetts representative katherine clark and illinois representative robin kelly declared their intention to remain on the floor of the united states house of representatives until its republican speaker paul ryan.
This is like obama sitting on the floor of the oval office crossing his arms and sticking out his lower lip and pretending he s doing something brave.
House democrats led by civil rights veteran rep.
Senate house democrats are staging their own historic protest on the floor of the.
With the republican and democratic conventions on the horizon and with black protest perhaps brewing again the sit in on the house floor for gun legislation is a reminder of lewis s involvement.
John lewis d georgia are in the midst of a sit in on the house floor to try to force a vote on guns.
John lewis leads house sit in 01 03.
Democrats decided to end their day long sit in protest on the house floor over gun control thursday.
David cicilline s twitter stephen gutowski june 22 2016 1 39 pm a number of house democrats are protesting for votes on new gun control measures by sitting.