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House Party

From left, House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of S.C., Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif.
and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., sing “We Shall Overcome” on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 23, 2016, after House Democrats ended their sit-in protest.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

After Capitol All-Nighter, Democrats Push on for Gun Control 

ERICA WERNER                 floor sit-in with songs,        san gun compromise can’t      crats’ 25-hour occupation       crats’ calls for votes on leg-
Associated Press             prayers and defiant predic-     pass. “They’re staging pro-   of the Capitol chamber. “If     islation expanding back-
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ex-        tions of success. Republi-      tests. They’re trying to get  this is not a political stunt,  ground checks for gun
hausted but exuberant,       cans offered a dose of po-      on TV. They’re sending out    then why are they trying to     buyers and keeping peo-
House Democrats vowed        litical reality, denying House  fundraising solicitations,”   raise money off of this, off    ple on the no-fly list from
to fight on for gun control  Democratic demands and          House Speaker Paul Ryan       of a tragedy?”                  getting guns in the wake of
Thursday as they ended       holding a Senate vote de-       complained in an angry        Ryan said the House would       the Orlando shooting.
their high-drama House       signed to show a biparti-       denunciation of the Demo-     not be giving in to Demo-
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