Nine people were arrested Tuesday for disrupting Capitol subway service after protesters blocked the subway entrance.
Dozens of demonstrators laid down in from the of the subway entrance as others covered themselves with white sheets to symbolize what they view as the many lives that would be lost under the GOP’s healthcare plan.
Senate leadership revealed Tuesday they would not consider the Graham-Cassidy Obamacare overhaul after opposition from key Republicans left the measure at least one vote shy of passing.
Over a hundred protesters were arrested Monday for disrupting a Senate hearing over the measure. Earlier in the day protesters chanting “No cuts to Medicaid, save our liberties” forced the hearing into a recess.
Activists from several liberal groups, including the Working Families Party and the March to Confront White Supremacy say their message to Congress and Democrats, in particular, is to join Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in pushing Medicare for all.
