Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker livestream sit-in against GOP funding plan

27/04/2025 17:36 The Guardian

Democratic House leader and New Jersey senator protest on steps of US Capitol over proposed Republican budgetHouse minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and New Jersey senator Cory Booker were holding a sit-in protest and discussion on Sunday on the steps of the US Capitol in opposition to Republicans’ proposed budget plan.Billed as an “Urgent Conversation with the American People”, the livestreamed discussion comes before Congress’s return to session on Monday, where Democrats hope to stall Republicans’ economic legislative agenda. Throughout the day, they were joined by other Democratic lawmakers, including the senator Raphael Warnock, who spoke as the sit-in passed the 10-hour mark. Continue reading...

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