U.S. Rep. Ellison arrested during immigration rally
Source: star tribune
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison was arrested Tuesday by U.S. Capitol Police during an immigration rally on the National Mall.
As protestors marched toward the U.S. Capitol, Ellison and several other House Democrats sat in the middle of Independence Avenue, blocking rush hour traffic.
Police led Ellison away in cuffs shortly after 4 p.m.
Ellison’s office said the move was an act of “civil disobedience” designed to urge Congress to pass legislation that would allow the nation’s undocumented immigrants to apply for U.S. citizenship.
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branch of government. Yay, Keith!
atriot:
and the ones that deserve to be (Boehner, Cruz, et al) are walking around or drinking around town, that's when they aren't at the Congressional gym 
Demonstrators hold up their banners during an immigration rally on the National Mall on Tuesday, October 8, 2013, calling on the House of Representatives to pass comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship.
Last weekend, as pundits and politicians debated the consequences of the government shutdown and a looming deadline on the debt limit, thousands of immigrants, advocates, and allies came together for a National Day for Dignity and Respect, where they held 183 events in 151 towns and cities across 40 states. This week, advocates are rallying on the Mall in Washington, D.C., committing acts of civil disobedience, fasting, and filling the halls of Congress to urge House members to vote for immigration reform.
The good news is there is now a bill that House members can actually vote on. Last week, House Democrats introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill that shares many provisions with the bipartisan legislation that the Senate passed in June with 14 Republican votes and with the House Judiciary Committee’s border security proposal, a bill that received unanimous bipartisan support when it passed out of committee.
And here’s the thing: The votes are there to pass a bill. Many House Republicans want to get immigration reform off the table and move forward. Although House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) claims he doesn’t have enough votes to pass a comprehensive bill, what he means is he doesn’t have a Republican majority to pass such a bill. In the old days, putting together a bipartisan majority to pass legislation was called doing your job. These days, it’s called treason.
Unfortunately for Boehner, he may find himself stranded on a shrinking ice floe inhabited by a small band of Tea Party activists whose shrill anti-immigrant complaints stem from bias, not reality. Unfortunately for the rest of us, Boehner is letting a band of tyrants rule as if they were the majority.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/religion/news/2013/10/09/76564/pressing-on-for-immigration-reform/
