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House Democrats refuse to yield on second day of sit-inHouse Democrats refuse to yield on second day of sit-in
Washington, DC,
June 23, 2016
By 8 a.m. Thursday morning, most of the 168 House Democrats and 34 Senate Democrats who at one point occupied the U.S. House floor to push a gun vote had departed. But a few lawmakers remained in the chamber’s seats, listening to Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida urge Republican lawmakers to agree to a vote upon their return to the House on July 5. “We’ve been on the floor a long time. I am tired, I am cold, I am hungry,” he said to soft laughs. “You know who never had a chance to be tired? The 12 people who went to a midnight show in Aurora and were slaughtered.” |