Anarchy in the House as Dems for GOP to work around protest

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The U.S. House of Representatives was the site of a bizarre and unprecedented event late Wednesday evening, when House Democrats refused to relinquish a staged “sit in” on gun control, shouting over House Speaker Paul Ryan as he House into session for a vote.

“No bill, no break!” Democrats shouted as Ryan called a vote on a resolution to override President Obama’s veto of a GOP bill to block a new Labor Department rule on financial advisers. Ryan called on members to respect the rules and the process, but was only met with more chanting as he quickly moved the House to the vote.

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