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The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2024. The US House of Representatives voted on December 20 to avert a government shutdown with just hours to spare, with Democrats joining ...
(The Center Square) – A government funding stopgap is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk after the Senate voted 85-11 to pass a 118-page bill to keep the federal government open until ...
Vietnam War Out Now rally, 1971 May Day Protests: 200,000 call for end to Vietnam War. [13] 1971 – May 3 1971 May Day Protests: Mass action by Vietnam anti-war militants to shut down the federal government. The slogan was "If the government doesn't stop the war, we'll stop the government." The official protest button featured Gandhi with a ...
With the U.S. government on the verge of a partial shutdown, a timeline of more than 20 closures since 1976. Timeline of more than 20 U.S. government shutdowns over nearly 50 years Skip to main ...
The right to assemble is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment of the US Constitution under the clause, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of ...
The federal response resulted in all Homeland Security Investigations agents in the area being told just before noon on June 1 to prepare to assist with handling protests. [7] All the federal officers newly stationed to D.C. had volunteered for the opportunity, said the president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association .
A view of the U.S. Capitol dome, as Congress faces a deadline on Friday, March 22, to extend funding or face a partial shutdown of the federal government, in Washington, D.C. on March 21, 2024.
The assailants were arrested, tried and convicted in federal court, and imprisoned. In 1978 and 1979, their sentences were commuted by President Jimmy Carter ; all four returned to Puerto Rico. April 4–8, 1968 : Washington, D.C., riots : Following the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, a four-day period of violent civil ...