US Congress Members Demand Gun-control Vote, Occupy House Chamber

Nearly 100 Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives brought proceedings to a halt Wednesday with a highly unusual sit-in in the chamber, demanding a vote on a bill to restrict gun sales in the aftermath of the country's biggest mass shooting. Republicans, who control the House based on their majority in the chamber, declared a recess and tried to cut off television coverage, but one of the Democrats broadcasts live video to the internet via Twitter. One after...

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