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06-23-2016, 05:01 AM
The congressman leading the House sit-in is a Civil Rights hero
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As the United States House of Representatives was about to go about its **rmal business on Wednesday morning, Rep. John Lewis, walked up to the front of the House and sat on the floor.*
He was joined, initially, by around 30 other Democratic members of Congress, though that number grew to include around 170 representatives — plus 20 senators — throughout the day.*
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Lewis was leading his colleagues in a sit-in to try to force more votes on legislation that would bolster gun control.
"We have been too quiet for too long," Lewis said on Wednesday. "There comes a time when you have to say something, when you have to make a little **ise,*when you have to move your feet. This is the time." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/john-lewis-civil-rights-leader-democrat-sit-in-gun-control/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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As the United States House of Representatives was about to go about its **rmal business on Wednesday morning, Rep. John Lewis, walked up to the front of the House and sat on the floor.*
He was joined, initially, by around 30 other Democratic members of Congress, though that number grew to include around 170 representatives — plus 20 senators — throughout the day.*
SEE ALSO: Why the House Democrats' gun control sit-in is only playing out on social media (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/congress-sit-in-guns-social-media/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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"We have been too quiet for too long," Lewis said on Wednesday. "There comes a time when you have to say something, when you have to make a little **ise,*when you have to move your feet. This is the time." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/john-lewis-civil-rights-leader-democrat-sit-in-gun-control/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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