Dem Senators Held The Floor Through The Night

Democrats are trying to prevent congress from acting mcconnell said on the floor monday night.

Dem senators held the floor through the night.

Senate democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history 75 days. In 1964 on the floor of the u s. All trying to prevent the passing of one. Senator backs reform with rhyming poem on senate floor video by ryan grim on the senate floor tuesday morning roland burris d ill chose an unusual way to demonstrate his support for health care reform legislation emerging in the senate despite his previous threats to oppose any bill that lacked a strong public insurance option.

A previous version of this story incorrectly said that before 2016 the last time a democratic president made a supreme court appointment while republicans held the senate was in 1885. Recently a claim has made the rounds. Mike lillis and scott wong house democrats increasingly anxious about leaving washington without acting on coronavirus relief are amping up the pressure on speaker nancy pelosi d calif to bring emergency aid to the floor before congress heads home next week. Not long before senate democrats started their talk a thon on monday night senate majority whip john cornyn tweeted that democrats were just obstructing and accused them of not working with republicans to fix health care.

A group of the democrats ultimately occupied the floor through the night only leaving on the afternoon of june 23 with lewis as the last speaker before the sit in s conclusion. None of the measures demanded by the occupying members were given a vote but democrats insisted that they would continue to pursue gun control legislation.