84 Arrested At Capitol Hill Protest Against GOP Tax Bill
, hundreds of progressive activists, many of whom had physical disabilities, converged on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to protest the Republican tax bill. Eighty-four of them were arrested after refusing Capitol Police requests to move from public spaces, the police agency said. The demonstrators, mobilized by an array of progressive groups, focused their efforts on Republican senators who had expressed doubts about the legislation or the process that created it: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz.), John McCain (Ariz.) and Lisa ...
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