The U.S. Capitol Police arrested a total of 181 people for protesting during a Senate Finance Committee hearing regarding the Graham-Cassidy healthcare bill on Monday.
Demonstrators were arrested upon failing to cease and desist from their activities during the hearing, which was disruptive. A total of 15 were arrested and charged with disrupting Congress.
181 protestors arrested today by U.S. Capitol Police in & outside Senate Finance Cmte pic.twitter.com/8ZjbucNv7a
— John Bresnahan (@BresPolitico) September 26, 2017
Another 143 were arrested for failing to cease and desist from their activities in the hallway outside the hearing room and were charged with crowding, obstructing, or incommoding.
The “Graham-Cassidy bill,” authored by Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., would overhaul the Affordable Care Act and remove individual and employer mandates required by former President Obama’s signature healthcare law.
A vote on the legislation is expected this week.
