Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., staged a sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, taking a "moral moment" to reject President Donald Trump's agenda as Congress returns to Washington to negotiate the "big, beautiful bill."
On the final day of the two-week congressional recess, Booker and Jeffries discussed their relationship with faith, invited Americans to share their experience of Trump's first 100 days and sounded off on "what’s at stake with Trump’s budget." The sit-in's hours-long livestream had amassed hundreds of thousands of views on X and YouTube.
Instead of church on Sunday, the Democratic leaders opted for a "sacred civic space" outside the Capitol for more than 12 hours. Activists and politicians joined the Democrats throughout the day, including American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga.