Sit In On House Floor

By jennifer bendery and sam stein washington democrats literally sat down on the floor of the house chamber on wednesday and forced the house into a temporary recess as part of an effort to compel republican leadership to vote on gun control legislation.
Sit in on house floor. Physically sitting on the house floor is technically a violation of house rules. 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 in. Ditto for taking photos and video in the chamber. Georgia congressman john lewis deployed a strategy from his days as a civil rights activist and coupled it with social media to stage a dramatic sit in wednesday on the house floor with his fellow.
Some remained standing on the floor.
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