Posted on 06/22/2016 2:56:18 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Rebellious Democrats shut down the House’s legislative work on Wednesday, staging a sit-in on the House floor and refusing to leave until they secured a vote on gun control measures before lawmakers’ weeklong break.
Exasperated Republicans were forced to recess while cutting off cameras that showed the protest. But in an unprecedented step, C-SPAN used live video feeds from one lawmaker’s Periscope account and another’s Facebook page to transmit words and images from the House.
Nearly 100 Democrats led by Georgia Rep. John Lewis demanded a vote on measures to expand background checks and block gun purchases by some suspected terrorists in the aftermath of last week’s massacre in Orlando, Florida, that killed 49 people in a gay nightclub.
“No bill, no break,” shouted Democrats, who demanded that Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., keep the House in session through its planned break next week to vote on gun legislation. …
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“Rebellious Democrats”? I saw giant toddlers. Mental Midgets. Overpaid Lackeys. Future Prison Cell Residents.
Does anyone know...was the Orlando shooter even on the no-fly list?
Obama and the left are closing Guantanamo because of alleged due process concerns of TERRORISTS caught on the battlefield.
Yet they have no due process concerns for LAW ABIDING AMERICANS who have not committed a single crime.
Terrorism is the issue; NOT GUNS!
The USA is becoming just another Third World shtthole.
screw them
100 worthless democrats do not have any justification for controlling my life
No he was not.
Has anyone else noticed, that the liberals and media are only talking about gun control after Orlando?
The fact that is was the deadliest terrorist attack since 9/11 is not being discussed at all.
What more should be done against radical Muslims is not being discussed.
Only gun control is being discussed in the aftermath of the massacre.
Without passing through a phase as a second-world hellhole?
no
Yes, and was taken off after the FBI stopped investigating him.
Where’s Bull Connor when you need him?
I think it’s hilarious seeing the picture of the babies all sitting on the floor...Like little children in pre-school...
I say if the republicans had any guts, they’d leave, lock the doors, and let ‘em sweat....
I think, MHO, that this is to take heat off Clinton...She is friends with Nancy, RINO RYAN is kissing Barky’s butt buddy today, so with him gone, this is what is happening...
Well that seems like a fairly important piece of information...so as it stands, zero mass shootings have been by anyone on that list...this is just another red herring.
Good thing the Republicans have the majority. Boy, I am so glad our conservative leaders are fighting the Democrats and Obama on a daily basis. It makes me so proud to be a Republican.
No. He never was.
The government can not control terrorism.
YOU on the other hand fall under their jurisdiction and are something that they CAN control.
John Lewis has always been a grandstander.
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