hour, some viewers - and lawmakers - took to Twitter to question why C-SPAN was not streaming the protest, which is highlighting House Democrats’ demand for votes on gun control legislation in the wake of the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando, Fla.Ĭ-SPAN says you can watch Congress. When the sit-in got going during the 11 a.m. Republicans should turn the cameras back on. The Sgt at Arms is asking us to stop taking photos and video from House floor. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) used Periscope to live stream the event, though it is against House rules to broadcast from the floor. Without the live cable feed, Democratic members took to their smartphones to captures pictures of the floor, and Rep. The House cannot operate without members following the rules of the institution, so the House has recessed subject to the call of the chair.
Pursuant to clause 12-A of rule 1, the chair declares the House until the hour of 12 noon,” Poe said.Ī spokeswoman for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said shortly after that the chamber would be in recess as long as Democrats held up normal legislative business. Ted Poe (R) gaveled the House out of session. House Republicans control the House and the cameras that feed C-SPAN, and said they would be kept off until the House was back in session.Īs House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) was speaking, presiding officer Rep.
Cameras covering the House floor were turned off on Wednesday as Democrats staged a sit-in to try to force a vote on gun control legislation.
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