Dem Senators Held The Floor Through The Night

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.

Dem senators held the floor through the night.

Burris s night before christmas. 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. Senate democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history 75 days. 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.

In 1964 on the floor of the u s. Recently a claim has made the rounds. 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. Pelosi has held firm that she will not lower her demand for a 2 2 trillion.

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. 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.