Democrats hold a "sin in" on the House floor for gun reform
This morning, House Democrats, led by Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), staged a sit-in to force a vote on gun control. Almost immediately after, the cameras and microphones of C-SPAN-which typically broadcasts the action happening on the Senate and House floors-went off. But the network found a workaround: Periscope.
As it turns out, the network doesn’t control what its cameras and microphones do- that’s the job of the House. As USA Today explains, the policy is such that the broadcast only runs while the House is in session. When Democrats refused to stop their protest, Rep. Ted Poe, (R-TX), who was presiding over the chamber, declared the House in recess-hence the camera shutdown.
Not to be deterred, however, C-SPAN began using what appears to be the Periscope feed of Rep. Scott Peters (D-CA), who had been broadcasting the sit-in from his own account.
20 Senators and a group of House members are participating in the sit in.
That Periscope feed is @
https://www.periscope.tv/w/1OyKAlbWydexb