BOSTON (AP) - Members of Massachusetts’ all-Democratic U.S. House delegation are among those refusing to leave the U.S. House floor until they secure a vote on gun control measures.
Members of the state’s delegation participating in the sit-in Wednesday afternoon included Reps. Katherine Clark, Michael Capuano, Joe Kennedy, Richard Neal, James McGovern, Niki Tsongas, William Keating and Seth Moulton.
The state’s two Democratic U.S. senators - Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey - trekked to the House to join the protest.
Democrats want a vote on measures to expand background checks and block gun purchases by some suspected extremists following last week’s shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, that left 49 people dead.
Capuano says Congress should do more to address gun violence and that the two measures should unite everyone.
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