Dem Senators Held The Floor Through The Night

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.

Dem senators held the floor through the night.

All trying to prevent the passing of one. 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. Senate democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history 75 days. 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 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. Democrats are trying to prevent congress from acting mcconnell said on the floor monday night. In 1964 on the floor of the u s. Jeff merkley took to the senate floor tuesday evening and spoke through the night in protest of judge neil gorsuch s nomination to the supreme court ending his marathon speech wednesday morning.

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. Pelosi has held firm that she will not lower her demand for a 2 2 trillion.