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Members of Massachusetts’ all-Democratic U.S. House delegation are among those refusing to leave the U.S. House floor until they secure a vote on gun control measures. Members of the state’s delegation participating in the sit-in Wednesday afternoon included Reps. Katherine Clark, Michael Capuano, Joe Kennedy, Richard Neal, James McGovern, Niki Tsongas, William Keating and Seth Moulton. The state’s two Democratic U.S. senators - Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey - trekked to the House to join the protest.

Congressman Seth Moulton, D-Salem, Mass., joined other Democrats in a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday to demand a vote on new gun control measures. Moulton, a four-tour Marine Corps Iraq War veteran, has been outspoken about the lack of action in Congress concerning what he calls common-sense gun reforms. "Inspiring to be with so many Members of Congress at a sit-in on the House Floor demanding action on gun violence," tweeted Moulton around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead held an hour-long candlelight vigil Sunday night a week after the Orlando massacre, but they first held signs outside the Community Center calling for gun-control legislation in the United States and peace and love in the world.

WASHINGTON — Democratic House members staged a sit-in yesterday to dramatically press their demand for votes on gun restrictions before next week’s break, drawing a rebuke from House Speaker Paul Ryan, who called it “nothing more than a publicity stunt.”

A Democratic sit-in on the floor of the US House of Representatives to force a vote on gun controls spilled into a second day in the face of Republican efforts to end the protest and take back control of the chamber.

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"We’re going to stay here as long as it takes," Seth Moulton, a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, told television channel MSNBC last night.

Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) will introduce a bill in the House later today that would enable federal employees to take alternative transportation options including Uber, Lyft and bike shares for official travel — and be reimbursed for it. If the Government Travel Modernization Act passes, it will sanction use of increasingly popular nontraditional forms of transportation, including services offered via mobile apps.