Dem Senators Held The Floor Through The Night

Democrats are trying to prevent congress from acting mcconnell said on the floor monday night.

Dem senators held the floor through the night.

Recently a claim has made the rounds. 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. 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. 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.

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. Burris s night before christmas. In 1964 on the floor of the u s. Senate democrats held the longest filibuster in our nations history 75 days.

All trying to prevent the passing of one. Pelosi has held firm that she will not lower her demand for a 2 2 trillion.