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.
Democractis sitting on floor.
Democrats sitting on the floor rep.
The democrats sit in comes a little over a week after they shouted down paul ryan on the floor during a moment of silence after orlando shooting demanding that a vote be held on gun control.
John lewis d georgia are in the midst of a sit in on the house floor to try to force a vote on guns.
The whole point of a sit in is to disrupt a place where you re not supposed to be.
House democrats led by civil rights veteran rep.
According to a floor schedule circulated by democratic whip steny hoyer before the sit in started the first vote was expected between 3 p m.
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