Over the weekend, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and N.J. Sen. Cory Booker organized a 12-hour sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of folks showed up with signs, songs and testimony in hopes of preventing Republicans from passing a budget bill, which will cut $1.5 trillion in federal spending, according t o the Guardian.

The lawmakers are having "An Urgent Conversation with the American People" on the Capitol steps to oppose Republican plans to cut public healthcare benefits