Don Young is heated about House Democrats’ gun control protest

Democrats demanded a vote on gun control measures in the wake of the Orlando shooting that left 49 dead. “We are sitting-in on the House Floor until we get a vote to address gun violence”.

Tonko was among the 40 members who spent the night, tweeting and using social media to make their voices heard, since House Republicans who control the house, turned off the cameras in the gallery.

The representative from Oregon’s 4th district says House Democrats want a vote on background checks and preventing those on the terror watch list from buying guns. While the bill has drawn criticism from Republicans, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and civil liberties groups, Pocan says it at least deserves to be debate so it can be improved.

US Democrats spent more than 24 hours occupying Congress in a protest over gun control, refusing to yield the floor, sharing stories of how gun violence had affected their voters and posting on social media.

But Collins’ measure received only 52 votes in the 100-seat Senate in a procedural vote, and Republican leaders said she could not win the 60 votes needed for full approval.

“We are dealing with radical Islamic terrorism that has now exhibited itself in horrific ways on American soil”, Reed said.

“We are not going to allow stunts like this to stop this from carrying out the peoples business”, Speaker Ryan said.

Afterward, Democrats went outside to thank a crowd of gun-control activists for their support and joined in singing the civil-rights anthem “We Shall Overcome” with a new verse beginning “We shall pass a bill”.

Whether that is true, the sit-ins both of eight years ago and this week demonstrate just how intransigent both sides are, and how politics is now less about accomplishment and more about theater. The fact of the matter is all we’re asking for is a vote. “Congress not acting is unacceptable and the public had been saying that and members of the Democratic caucus are saying that and we’re trying to force action”.

During an unprecedented sit-in by Democrats on the U.S. House floor from Wednesday into early Thursday, one representative said that if guns made America safer, this would be the safest country in the world. It was unclear how long they planned to continue.

The House drama began before noon when Lewis and dozens of colleagues sat down on the carpeted floor in the well of the chamber. “I’ve had it with the gun grabbing Democrats and their sit-in anti Second Amendment jihad”.

Ryan said the gun bills pushed by Democrats, to expand background checks and keep people on the no-fly list from getting guns, would take away people’s constitutional rights and deprive them of due process.

Democratic White House hopeful Hillary Clinton also chimed in after C-SPAN, which broadcasts congressional sessions, was forced to turn off its cameras after Republicans forced a recess. “The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have in a democratic society”.