Jun 23, 2016 ... A previous attempt by Speaker Paul Ryan to end the sit-in didn't turn out so well.  ... shut off the normally unblinking eyes of the C-SPAN cameras to try to hide the  ... demand a vote and said they'd stay there as long as it took to negotiate one. ...  House Democrats began broadcasting their sit-in on Periscope, ...
Jun 23, 2016 ... "John Lewis and I started out this journey on October 1960 seeking the right to ...  John Lewis Says As He Ends House Democrats' Gun Control Sit-In ... while  Republications are MIA, the C-SPAN cameras are turned off, and the ... thumbed  its nose at House Speaker Paul Ryan when he cut off TV cameras ...
Jun 22, 2016 ... The House majority, not C-SPAN, controls the cameras. ... Cameras covering the  House floor were turned off on Wednesday as Democrats staged a sit-in to try to  force ... and the cameras that feed C-SPAN, and said they would be kept off until  ... Without the live cable feed, Democratic members took to their ...
Jun 22, 2016 ... Democrats are staging a "sit-in" on the House floor in protest of the GOP's ... It is  the House's video, their feed, their audio, their camera angles. ... Paul Ryan (R- Wisc.), said on Twitter that "The House cannot operate without members  following ... With the cameras turned off, C-SPAN began broadcasting a ...
Democrats Continue Gun Control Sit-In as Paul Ryan Adjourns House. Image ... " But they don't even want to start that process," Castro said of the Republicans. ...  While the GOP leadership ordered that C-SPAN's cameras be turned off, ... Ryan  ignored the outbursts and pounded his gavel in a vain attempt at restoring order.
Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in."