Post by Logan on Jun 22, 2016 21:03:44 GMT -6
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat, spent hours Wednesday sitting on the floor of the U.S. House nodding and responding to her Democratic colleagues' demands for increased gun regulation.
Jackson Lee and most of her fellow Texas Democrats were part of an unconventional procedural tactic that became known as "the sit-in" on Capitol Hill. Democrats essentially overtook the chamber by literally camping out on the floor and demanding U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan allow a vote on gun control legislation in response to a recent shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
"Where is the morality of this place?" asked Jackson Lee at one point during the hourslong demonstration.
The collective action brought regular business in the U.S. Congress to halt, and at least one round of votes lapsed over the course of the day.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/06/22/democrats-including-texans-bring-congress-halt-ove/
Jackson Lee and most of her fellow Texas Democrats were part of an unconventional procedural tactic that became known as "the sit-in" on Capitol Hill. Democrats essentially overtook the chamber by literally camping out on the floor and demanding U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan allow a vote on gun control legislation in response to a recent shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando.
"Where is the morality of this place?" asked Jackson Lee at one point during the hourslong demonstration.
The collective action brought regular business in the U.S. Congress to halt, and at least one round of votes lapsed over the course of the day.
Read more: www.texastribune.org/2016/06/22/democrats-including-texans-bring-congress-halt-ove/