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Watch Live: Democrats Stage House Floor Sit-In On Gun Vote

(Courtesy Chellie Pingree/Twitter)
(Courtesy Chellie Pingree/Twitter)
By Roll Call Staff
Posted June 22, 2016 at 1:38pm

House Democrats are staging an ongoing chamber sit-in, calling for further debate and a vote on gun control issues.  

WATCH LIVE The chamber cameras, which are under control of the House leadership, are not showing the sit-in. Those cameras are also what feeds C-SPAN.  

C-SPAN has been using social media feeds and livestreams from members in the chamber.  

Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., turned to streaming the sit-in on the social media network Periscope, which is powered by smartphone applications that allow live video streaming over a WiFi or cellular network internet connection.

See analysis on C-SPAN.org (Paywall)  

Democrats Stage House Sit-In For Gun Vote

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