Sit In On House Floor

Some remained standing on the floor.

Sit in on house floor.

A group of roughly 60 legislators sat down cross legged in the middle of the house floor wednesday pushing for gun control votes. Ditto for taking photos and video in the chamber. Physically sitting on the house floor is technically a violation of house rules. By jennifer bendery and sam stein washington democrats literally sat down on the floor of the house chamber on wednesday and forced the house into a temporary recess as part of an effort to compel republican leadership to vote on gun control legislation.

The 2016 united states house of representatives sit in began on june 22 2016 when members of the house democratic caucus led by georgia representative john lewis and massachusetts representative katherine clark and illinois representative robin kelly declared their intention to remain on the floor of the united states house of representatives until its republican speaker paul ryan allowed votes on gun control legislation in the aftermath of the june 12 2016.