GOP leaders also shuttered C-SPAN's live coverage of the protest, but that did not stop policy makers from tweeting and posting live feeds on Facebook and Periscope to disseminate their cause.
Several Democratic lawmakers are prepared to wait out the night, possibly into the next few days.
Georgia Rep. John Lewis, is leading a sit-in right now on the House floor to push Republicans to address gun violence in the legislative chamber. Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy walked over and joined the sit-in, he’s the lawmaker who led a nearly 15-hour filibuster in the Senate last week asking lawmakers to vote on gun […]
Today, North Carolina A&T State University will hold a memorial service for Franklin McCain, who was a freshman at the school in 1960 when he and three others sparked a movement of nonviolent sit-in protests. Officials with the Greensboro school say the service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday in Harrison Auditorium on campus. People […]
