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"sit in on" Definitions
  1. to attend a meeting, class, etc. in order to listen to or learn from it rather than to take an active part
"sit in on" Synonyms
attend audit observe watch be present at be an observer at appear in show yourself at pop up at make the scene show up at make an appearance at clock into punch into appear at show up to grace with your presence drop into catch join participate partake engage share abet collaborate enter facilitate help out support assist be involved cooperate help perform take part aid be a participant compete More
"sit in on" Antonyms
miss skip cut bludge blow off fail to attend be absent from skive off be too late for not go to absent oneself from take French leave from play truant from dodge skirt

423 Sentences With "sit in on"

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He invited me to sit in on his court sessions.
He was encouraged to sit in on a prayer service.
Would've been fun to sit in on the casting, though.
We did not sit in on the president's daily intelligence briefing.
Go to a museum or sit in on a lecture today.
NAACP president Cornell William Brooks announced the sit-in on Tuesday.
NAACP protesters staged a sit-in on Tuesday at the Mobile, Ala.
Sit in on a recent jam session in the 360 video above.
Ms. Koh allowed us to sit in on three of these sessions.
Others could pay $250,000 to sit in on a roundtable with Trump.
"They didn't ask me to sit in on those phone calls," he smiled.
Why did some Democrats skip this week's sit-in on the chamber floor?
Watch our latest 360 video and sit in on a recent jam session.
With virtual lessons, Scottish children will sit in on lectures in South Africa.
Democrats ended their sit-in on the House floor shortly after 6900 p.m.
I sit in on our afternoon news meeting and then make my swift exit.
Russian representatives agreed to sit in on the meeting, but wouldn't speak or participate.
UPS will take a minority stake in Deliv and sit in on board meetings.
By rule, American personnel sit in on Russian Open Skies flights, and vice versa.
Judge Hurley invited me to sit in on a recent open drug court session.
After that, Sony started having one of its representatives sit in on the sessions.
Thursday: Sit in on an evening of Latin music and poetry, at Damrosch Park.
Watch the video above to sit in on a session with one of her clients.
The line of people hoping to sit in on the hearing extended around the corner.
The Talks allowed audience members to sit in on a reporter's interview process, Sifton said.
The diplomats write talking points, briefing papers and sometimes sit in on the relevant sessions.
John Lewis (D-Ga.), began their sit-in on the House floor late Wednesday morning.
I was forced to take days off from work to sit in on the trial.
CNBC was invited to sit in on one of these empathy training sessions in September.
Bush asked the intelligence community if Putin could sit in on one of his morning briefings.
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers staged a sit-in on the floor of the House in protest.
My children are not going to sit in on Cabinet meetings," Biden said on "60 Minutes.
House Democrats conduct a sit-in on Wednesday to force a vote on gun control legislation.
While she recovered, she asked Popovich whether she could sit in on a few Spurs practices.
The demonstrators' first sit-in on Monday began at noon, following a rally near Union Station.
After the Orlando shooting, House democrats convened a sit-in on the congressional floor about gun control.
" She got an invaluable learning experience: "Because of that, I got to always sit in on dailies.
It also has the right to sit in on deal meetings, but it doesn't have a vote.
John Lewis staged a sit-in on the Capitol steps to discuss the Senate health care bill.
He suggested they "try something dramatic," and together they led a sit-in on the House floor.
He asked about the Muslim religion and requested to sit in on a prayer service, police say.
"The lieutenant governor would sometimes sit in on our mock legislative session and take notes," Moser said.
Schools would also agree to allow Juul "consultants" to sit in on sessions, though not to participate.
Bucky Thorpe, a truck driver, would sit in on trumpet whenever he could get a parking space.
I was there when Jeff Bezos brought in and got to sit in on the first Amazon meeting.
They have held raucous banner-waving marches, a silent demonstration and a sit-in on Caracas's main roads.
Perhaps a few college students will let him sit in on their next session to learn about leadership.
John Lewis (D-GA) led Democrats in a sit-in on Wednesday to make the same basic demands.
When Harington came back into the room, the actor offered to also sit in on the episode viewing.
In addition, the president-elect requested that Kushner be allowed to sit in on his Presidential Daily Briefings.
It was the final meeting, which also happened to be the longest, that I couldn't sit in on.
In keeping with the civil rights movement, we had a sit-in on the floor of the House.
Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) called for Democrats to hold another gun control sit-in on the House floor.
After inviting her to sit in on a pitch meeting many years ago, her questions blew everyone away.
Contact a Christie's Education Recruitment Officer to set up a tour or to sit in on a class.
Internet access has been restricted since the security forces broke up the protest sit-in on June 3.
Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor to push for action on gun control legislation.
You can see how emotion trumps facts in the Democrats sit-in on the House floor over gun legislation.
When the intelligence community began briefing Trump as the Republican nominee, Trump had Flynn sit in on those briefings.
John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights hero, had an idea: stage a sit-in on the House floor.
I sit in on a conference call, finish up a project, and then drift away at about 210 p.m.
Democrats launched a sit-in on Wednesday on the chamber floor to demand a vote on gun control measures.
Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote on their gun control bills.
She apologized for what had transpired earlier and asked if one day she might sit in on my class.
President Trump had just released his budget requests, so Thomas got to sit in on the Democratic budget meeting.
Scott Peters (D-CA) began to broadcast the sit-in on Periscope, the livestreaming app acquired by Twitter in 12.
Democratic members of the House of Representatives protested by staging a sit-in on the floor of their debating chamber.
He will not sit in on pitch meetings, for instance, or give specific feedback on scripts — "notes" in television parlance.
He invites me, with the permission of the patients, to sit in on some of the consultations of the day.
Three of those same male judiciary committee members, two of whom are Republicans, will sit in on Ford's hearing Thursday.
Where else can anyone sit in on a casual chat with some of the top institutional investors in the world?
Lawyers for those firms did not sit in on interviews with NBC employees or supervise the investigation, Ms. Smith said.
It's Wednesday evening here in Washington, where Democrats are staging a sit-in on the House floor over gun control.
Goldstone responded: Perfect...I won't sit in on the meeting, but will bring them at 3pm and introduce you etc.
Republicans decided to leave town early after Democrats' sit-in on the House floor to push for gun control votes.
Then later we head to the storied Magic Castle to sit in on Lee's performance of her famous Houdini seance.
After Duca agreed to our interview, she also acquiesced to letting me sit in on the final day of the class.
She convinced the school's president, Dr. Johnetta B. Cole, to sit in on one board meeting with CEOs and prominent alumni.
John Lewis and other Democrats ended their sit-in on the House floor on Thursday around 25 hours after it began.
Ask if you can sit in on a training session, or observe from afar if the trainer works in your gym.
Police this morning used water cannons to push out a group of protesters staging a sit-in on a city street.
"This can work" -- @RepMarkTakano, who's been on and off the House floor all night, discusses sit-in on @NewDay https://t.
Democracy Spring conducts a sit-in on the East Plaza of the Capitol on Monday to protest corporate money in politics.
This year, Senate Democrats staged a filibuster over guns, and House Democrats conducted an overnight sit-in on the House floor.
He and some others at the Caracas highway sit-in on Monday morning bristled at opposition leaders' calls for non-violence.
The engineers at Epic Systems work on a campus full of childish whimsy but also sit in on open-heart surgery.
The nearly 26-hour sit-in on gun control that ended Thursday was the biggest success for House Democrats in years.
After Duca agreed to our interview, she also acquiesced to letting me sit in on the final day of the class.
After her vicious trolls came after him, he's giving in (against Kara's better judgment) and letting Danj sit in on Orlando's segment.
While it's not required to attend, I sit in on these meetings with my intern because it's something that I'm passionate about.
I sit in on an art class with 12-year-olds being taught by two teachers: one speaking English, the other Chinese.
Democrats in the House held a sit-in on the floor over the summer to push for votes on gun control legislation.
I don't have the security clearance and I haven't been invited to sit in on the briefings Trump is refusing to attend.
We sit in on editorial meetings and peek over his shoulder as he writes on his laptop at the dining room table.
In 2011, Jay has retired and asks Daniel, now teaching at Bard College, if he can sit in on his Odyssey seminar.
The controversial trainer took a liking to the inquisitive kid and allowed him to sit in on the classes with adult students.
Dogs of various breeds sit in on meetings, curl up on couches, nuzzle under desks, sit on desks and get belly rubs.
Mr. Putin even offered to allow American prosecutors to sit in on interrogations of the 12 intelligence officers charged in the case.
On Tuesday, Trump spontaneously invited reporters to sit in on a 55-minute meeting on immigration with congressional lawmakers from both parties.
A highlight was being able to sit in on a rehearsal of "Coppélia," a comic ballet set to the music of Delibes.
During the summit, Tillerson was the only American official besides Trump to sit in on Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Agencies have said they'll do sit in on network meetings about TV pilots to get a sense of what will be picked up.
Learn about hiring for culture, sit in on interviews with more experienced hiring managers, and practice with them in the room, as well.
After a series of addresses at the museum's entrance, the protests staged a sit-in on 53rd street, blocking the street for traffic.
Matt Gaetz (R-FL), a close ally of President Trump, who stormed the SCIF in an effort to sit in on the deposition.
Sit in on the thrilling Startup Battlefield — the tech world's premier startup competition — and potentially witness the launch of the next tech giant.
The RAND researchers were allowed to view the list, sit in on internal meetings, and generally observe how the tool was being used.
Last June, Lewis led Democrats in a daylong sit-in on the House floor to protest Congress's lack of action on gun control.
In high school, he used to sit in on defensive meetings so he could better understand defensive schemes and how to beat opponents.
For his part, Mr. Cammarata asked for a magistrate judge, David H. Hennessy, to sit in on the questioning because he said Mrs.
Mr. Syverud visited the sit-in on Tuesday evening and said he would hold a community forum on Wednesday to address protesters' concerns.
Then, we sit in on therapy sessions with Freddie Gibbs and Young MA with Dr. Siri Sat Nam Singh of VICELAND's The Therapist.
House Democrats are apoplectic over the GOP's proposed rules changes to prevent them from staging another sit-in on the floor to disrupt proceedings.
You can sit in on main-stage interviews to hear from the best and brightest minds the tech and VC communities have to offer.
He threw himself into protests for the desegregation of Chicago public schools and led a sit-in on campus aimed at integrating university housing.
Reporters at state media who have been barred by their bosses from reporting on the demonstrations have called for a sit-in on Friday.
No such request has been made, they said on Wednesday, and he will not sit in on the president's highly classified daily intelligence briefing.
No one but the witness, the jurors, prosecutors and limited courthouse staff such as translators are able to sit in on grand jury hearings.
According to Gaultier's profile in The New Yorker, his grandmother provided wellness counselling to the locals, and let him sit in on the sessions.
He would sit in on Duke Reid and Prince Buster sessions at Federal Records, the studio that later housed Bob Marley's Tuff Gong label.
Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), who helped lead the Democrats' gun-control sit-in on the House floor last year, declined to endorse Thompson's letter.
He would also happily scrub up and sit in on procedures if any resident asked him, working quietly on his laptop, assisting if needed.
I love playing with friends, and to be confident enough to sit in on the drums in that situation... that's good enough for me.
Parents with cash to burn could pay to have a test taker sit in on the SAT or ACT in place of their teenagers.
His was a generation that was constantly swapping ideas, playing in one another's bands, being swiftly called upon to sit in on one another's sessions.
In Hodeidah, a low-level government functionary threatened to detain a CNN team if he did not sit in on a meeting with UN officials.
Republicans have noted repeatedly that the House probe has been behind closed doors and most members are unable to sit in on the ongoing depositions.
Michelle Obama took to Twitter on Thursday to voice her support for the historic, 25-hour sit-in on gun control led by House Democrats.
I sit in on a "Hooked on Sonics" meeting, where our storytelling lead and one of our producers talk to the rest of the team.
A GOP representative on Wednesday slammed the Democrats for staging a sit-in on the House floor to push for action on gun control legislation.
In addition to their statements, current Yale Law School students staged a sit-in on campus on Monday to demand an investigation into the allegations.
Timing: Teachers are marching on the capital the same day the state's legislative session begins and will sit in on the session through the afternoon.
Justice Blackmun didn't need a billboard, or a band of marchers armed with a calliope, or a sit-in on the steps of the Capitol.
Before long, Kaepernick and Loggins were engaged in lengthy conversations, until the quarterback asked if he could sit in on the professor's upcoming summer class.
And, as members of the three committees leading the probe, nearly a quarter of the House Republican Conference can sit in on the depositions. Rep.
With Wang initially scheduled to appear on stage at Disrupt this week, the company ultimately opted to have Maitre sit in on the panel instead.
From Rob Goldstone to Donald Trump Jr.  Perfect…I won't sit in on the meeting, but will bring them at 3pm and introduce you etc.
Talks between the two sides collapsed when security forces stormed a protest sit-in on June 3, killing dozens and prompting concern from world powers.
When Democrats started their sit-in on the House floor to call for a gun control vote on Wednesday morning, they were playing to the cameras.
The first interview was conducted only with staff, but senators will be able to sit in on Trump Jr.'s second appearance, according to one source.
And there&aposs a more expanded bilateral, which I think Secretary Pompeo will sit in on, as well as General Kelly and perhaps a few others.
Elders like Edmund White — the 79-year-old author and brazen pioneer of gay literature — who was invited to sit in on a rehearsal last month.
For example, if you want to work on more creative projects, pitch a new idea to your boss or ask to sit in on a meeting.
He traveled to New Orleans to sit in on the lawsuit hearing by the US District Court, which he could tell clearly opposed Obama's executive action.
John Lewis, staged a sit-in on the House floor on June 22, vowing to remain there until Republicans agreed to vote on gun control legislation.
John Lewis (D-Ga.), captured the public's attention during a 24-hour sit-in on the House floor to protest GOP inaction on gun safety legislation.
Democrats broadcast their sit-in on social media, including Periscope and Twitter, after GOP leadership cut the camera feed that was being aired by C-SPAN.
The arrangement was thrust into the headlines this week, when House Democrats began a sit-in on the floor to protest inaction on gun-control legislation.
Students at Yale Law School staged a sit-in on Monday and called for an investigation into sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Conor McGregor got to sit in on the World Cup final in person this weekend, showing up as a guest of none other than Vladimir Putin.
It's impossible to know what the group's endgame is with absolute certainty; ISIS doesn't exactly invite journalists and analysts to sit in on its strategy sessions.
On Monday, hundreds of residents held a sit-in on the Grand Place in Brussels to demand that Mr. Mayeur address the city about its future.
Mr. Saeed said the lawyers who had volunteered to represent the arrested were not always allowed to sit in on the interrogations, as permitted by law.
Democratic members of Congress have been staging a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives for three hours to demand action on gun violence.
The 76-year-old was in the news recently when he led a sit-in on the floor of Congress to encourage the enforcement of gun control.
It begins in the kitchen: Gorsuch will sit in on monthly cafeteria meetings to discuss everything from home improvements to the best recipe for chocolate chip cookies.
Jim Jordan, the ranking member on the Oversight Committee — meaning they have been allowed to sit in on all depositions held in the SCIF in recent weeks.
Last week I traveled to Canton, Ohio, to sit in on an Engagious focus group of six Obama-Trump voters and six Mitt Romney-Hillary Clinton voters.
Last week, in a run-up to the release, the company allowed several reporters to sit in on a bi-weekly meeting of its Content Standards Forum.
John Lewis is still leading a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives in pursuit of action by the House on gun control legislation.
Democrats in the US House of Representatives are staging a sit-in on the House floor, calling for their Republican colleagues to vote on gun control legislation.
Both of us work on this problem every week, and we were proud to take part in the sit-in on the House floor to demand action.
Mark Takano (D-Calif.) said Thursday he thinks the Democratic sit-in on the House floor could be effective in pushing for action on gun control legislation.
"John Lewis's historic sit-in on the Floor has resonated across the nation, energizing Americans tired of Republicans' reckless obstruction of bipartisan gun violence legislation," Pelosi wrote.
Dozens of Democratic lawmakers have been holding a day-long sit-in on the House floor in an attempt to force a vote on gun control bills.
"We have them sit in on client and investment meetings to expose them to what goes on at an advisory firm on a daily basis," Pitre said.
Leading up to the event, Y Combinator arranges for alumni like Stripe and Airbnb to sit in on practice pitches and provide feedback to the presenting teams.
The arrest comes after a series of racist incidents, and the university leadership's slow response to it, have sparked student protests and a sit-in on campus.
The official said that State Department officials were not invited to sit in on the GOP lawmaker's meetings as had been the case with meetings for Sen.
You know how iTunes has that rarely-used section called "iTunes U," where you can sit in on college lectures and stuff through the magic of cyberspace?
The steps appeared to show a softening of positions after talks between the two sides collapsed following the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3.
Security crackdown At least 100 people were killed during a security crackdown on a pro-democracy sit-in on June 3, for which Hemeti's forces were largely blamed.
Our brains are not a holistic desktop PC. To truly watch their analogue in action, turn on C-SPAN or sit in on a contentious corporate board meeting.
Republicans can also authorize committees to release interview transcripts, and now White House Council and the president's council may be able to sit in on hearings and depositions.
After hundreds of workers started the sit-in on Monday, the company filed a lawsuit against them and a local court on Thursday ruled the strike was illegal.
Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.) encouraged Democrats' sit-in on the House floor to push for action on gun control legislation with an open letter that was read aloud.
They recently staged a daylong sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote on bills requiring more background checks and barring suspected terrorists from buying firearms.
She was among the Democrats who led a sit-in on the House floor last June to protest inaction after the shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
He has been through a month of altercations with Democrats over gun legislation, and now is forced to punish them for their sit-in on the House floor.
Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is detained during a sit-in on the Senate steps to protest Congress's inaction on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Wednesday.
Zakardas was able to fool even her own doctor, who allowed the con artist to sit in on her examinations and access the medical records of other patients.
He died the same day Ms. Booth was arrested at a sit-in on Capitol Hill to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.
It's impossible to know exactly what the group's end game is with absolute certainty; ISIS doesn't exactly invite journalists and analysts to sit in on its strategy sessions.
In today's 360 video, sit in on classes at New World School of the Arts, a magnet school in Miami that draws actors, musicians, dancers and visual artists.
This year, Captain Grant's is hosting a full weekend of Halloween festivities, including a cemetery tour, ghost-hunting tips and the chance to sit in on a séance.
"It was a great hang," said Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, who recalled a backstage jam where Hendrix sheepishly asked if he could sit in on bass.
Around the same time Democrats began their House floor sit-in on Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee rejected a proposal to prevent terror suspects from buying guns. Rep.
Republicans knew they would be turned away from the closed-door deposition; only members who sit on the authorized committees are permitted to sit in on the sessions.
" On the second day you'll visit a grime studio, where the two of you will "sit in on a live recording session or warm up our own vocals.
Then he admitted he invited both campaign manager Paul Manafort and top campaign aide Jared Kushner to sit in on the meeting knowing they would discuss information about Clinton.
Miguel would have the time of his life ... if he can just sit in on ABBA's writing sesh as the legendary band gears up for a virtual reunion tour.
GOP cracks down on sit-ins: Remember how powerless the GOP was in June when Democrats held a sit-in on the House floor to push gun control legislation?
Rank-and-file Democrats are calling for C-SPAN to be given more control of cameras in the House after the blackout of their sit-in on gun control.
John Lewis (D-Ga.) speaks to supporters and reporters after a 85033 hour sit-in on the House Floor to force a vote on gun control legislation on Thursday.
After 25 hours, House Democrats ended their sit-in on Thursday afternoon, vowing to take the push for new gun curbs to their congressional districts during next week's recess.
Rep Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) speaks in front of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters denouncing the Trump administration's family separation policy during a sit-in on Wednesday.
Prisoner-elected representatives are allowed to sit in on grievance hearings, except for those weighing claims of abuses by staff members, but they have no influence over the outcome.
Rank-and-file Democrats are calling for C-SPAN to be given more control of cameras in the House after the blackout of their sit-in on gun control.
The new audit rule seems to be a response to previous arguments that the NBA can't stop tampering because they can't sit in on or check on teams' communications.
What this means: They will now be able to sit in on high level White House meetings, and access information like foreign intelligence and the president's daily intelligence briefing.
Students and faculty staged a sit-in on the first floor of the Sterling Law Building, where they sat in silence for about 30 minutes before participants gave speeches.
But trust me when I tell you that if you sit in on one of its sessions, you'll feel reassured, alarmed, enlightened and truly thrilled by what you hear.
Scott Peters (Calif.), Eric Swalwell (Calif.) and Beto O'Rourke (Texas), live-streamed the sit-in on their phones because the official House cameras were shut off during the protest.
Then there's a lot of people that we have sit in on edits, like after I get off the phone with you, we have an edit with Alex Blumberg.
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's opposition will present a list of mostly technocratic candidates for a civilian-led transitional council during its sit-in on Sunday, a top opposition leader told Reuters.
Multiple Democrats also violated rules that prohibit taking pictures or videos on the House floor by live-streaming the sit-in on cell phone applications like Periscope and Facebook Live.
Frustrated by inaction over gun control in the wake of the mass shooting in Orlando, Democrats in the House of Representatives have staged a sit-in on the House floor.
After all, the sit-out came almost a year to the day after House Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor to protest Republican inaction on gun control.
Whenever I get to sit in on off-the-record meetings at this or that federal agency, I'm impressed by the quality, professionalism and basic goodness of the people there.
In an interview with The Hill, C-SPAN Co-President Susan Swain discusses how the network covered the congressional Democrats' 25-hour sit-in on the House floor last week.
Democrats have used other tactics to keep their priorities in the spotlight before, including staging a sit-in on the House floor after a mass shooting at an Orlando, Fla.
Rep. Keith Ellison's mom on Wednesday told the Minnesota Democrat to join his colleagues in the sit-in on the House floor to push for action on gun control legislation.
John Lewis (D-Ga.), lead a dramatic sit-in on the House floor, you can't help but wonder how some constituents back in their gun-wracked districts feel about that.
House Democrats staged a sit-in on the floor of the chamber on Wednesday that lasted 2628 hours and were joined at various points by some members of the Senate.
NBC News, meanwhile, reported Tuesday that Trump wants his son-in-law Jared Kushner to sit in on his presidential daily briefings once Kushner gets top-secret security clearance. Rep.
D On June 7, 2016, at 28:22016 PM, Rob Goldstone wrote: Perfect...I won't sit in on the meeting, but will bring them at 211pm and introduce you etc.
As usual in a Wiseman film, we sit in on a lot meetings — of committees and organizations whose business includes zoning, water service and the placement of a park bench.
In researching the book Mr. Morris had been allowed to sit in on White House staff meetings, review presidential papers, talk to the president's wife, Nancy Reagan, and their children.
Their dream: to sit in on a terrace halfway up a mountain, with tea steeping, an ink-brush at hand, a friend at the door, and a waterfall splashing nearby.
Last August, as it inched toward banning Alex Jones from its platform, Twitter invited the New York Times to sit in on a meeting about why it was taking so long.
That's why the House leadership, when Democrats began their sit-in on Tuesday, adjourned their session — they hoped to deprive the Democrats' protest of media oxygen by turning the cameras off.
That battle played out on the floor of Congress Tuesday and Wednesday, as Democrats staged a wild sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives demanding gun-control legislation.
John Lewis (D-Ga.) speaks to supporters and reporters after a 24-hour sit-in on the House floor to call for a vote on gun control legislation on June 24.
Lawmakers will take part in roundtable discussions, town hall meetings and sit-ins to try to build on the momentum from last week's 25-hour sit-in on the Congress floor.
Cole encouraged her to run for campus office—by her senior year, she'd been elected student-government president—and allowed her to sit in on meetings of the board of trustees.
Led by Khadim Hussain Rizvi of the Tehreek-e-Labaik Pakistan party, at least 3,000 protesters were staging a sit-in on one of the main highways leading to the capital.
Members of three House committees from both parties — nearly a quarter of lawmakers in the House — were allowed to sit in on the 17 closed-door depositions conducted since mid-October.
Their dream was to sit in on a terrace halfway up a mountain, with tea steeping, an ink-brush at hand, a friend at the door and a waterfall splashing nearby.
The Committee to Protect Journalists and the National Press Club both condemned it, as did two outlets whose reporters did sit in on the gaggle, The Wall Street Journal and McClatchy.
Ogwumike was invited to sit in on phone calls with other players, the 2014 collective bargaining agreement meetings, and the hiring process for a new director of operations for the union.
The committee had earlier rebuffed a White House offer Friday to have a White House attorney sit in on the Bannon session to referee the questions surrounding scope of the interview.
He's the only man who gets to sit in on the women's meeting, a schoolteacher who is considered barely a man by the rest of the colony because he doesn't farm.
KHARTOUM, April 19 (Reuters) - Sudan's opposition will present a list of mostly technocratic candidates for a civilian-led transitional council during its sit-in on Sunday, a top opposition leader told Reuters.
As a young aide to New York Mayor David Dinkins, Attie would sit in on high-level meetings and observe political events, and soon became struck by "the unreality" of it all.
Born This Way Foundation invited me to sit in on a training on behalf of Refinery24, and as someone who frequently writes about mental health, I wanted to learn everything I could.
Abraham was in the eighth grade when he heard Canning's speech; his teacher took him and his classmates to Ottawa City Hall to sit in on a conversation about violence against women.
The company invited Cecilia Kang and Kate Conger of The New York Times to sit in on a meeting in which CEO Jack Dorsey and 210 of his colleagues debated safety policies.
House Democrats are in the midst of a historic sit-in on the floor of Congress to protest the Republican majority's inaction on gun control in the wake of the Orlando massacre.
If you sit-in on a session where a speaker is talking and you like it, make sure you're the first person to stand and ask a question when they're done talking.
Each CIR panel member must pass a conflict of interest analysis, and a representative from the FDA and a consumer advocate group called the Consumer Federation of America sit in on meetings.
Dozens of Democratic representatives staged a sit-in on the House floor to demand that the Republican majority hold a vote on a gun-control measure before a weeklong recess begins Friday.
The major addition to existing protocols is the addition of a "monitor," a lawyer to be appointed by the mayor to sit in on the regular Handschu Committee meetings within the NYPD.
Following the massacre at an Orlando nightclub that left 49 dead and 53 injured, House Democrats held a sit-in on the chamber floor to push for a vote on gun reform.
The top lawmaker on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee slammed the Democratic sit-in on the House floor, which forced his panel to cancel a markup of transportation bills Thursday morning.
To demand votes on gun safety, for instance, Democrats staged a filibuster that paralyzed the Senate for a day, and an overnight sit-in on the House floor that interrupted legislative business.
He'll sit in on one of the workshops, meet entrepreneurs practicing their pitches ahead of the next funding competition and hear from founders of start-ups who have benefited from BongoHive's support.
Two weeks ago, the company invited reporters to sit in on one of its regular internal content review meetings and see how employees tackle complicated content decisions throughout the manual review process.
On this episode of Daily VICE, we sit in on a listening session at the Laurel Canyon Animal Company, a record label making music for dogs with the help of animal psychics.
Stalled talks between the council and an alliance of opposition groups over who should control a transition toward elections then collapsed after security forces crushed the protest sit-in on June 3.
Pressure on Congress to do something about guns has grown following a Senate filibuster last week and a sit-in on the House floor by Democrats that concluded hours before Thursday's votes.
A Minnesota state lawmaker held a 24-hour sit-in on the Minnesota House floor to bring attention to the lack of gun legislation this year, according to Wednesday media reports. Rep.
Many are reluctant to get behind the issue publicly, and the aide allowed BuzzFeed News to sit in on the meeting with D'Adamo, provided the Democratic lawmaker he works for remained anonymous.
If picking a sympathetic jury were as simple as black or white, there wouldn't be a shadow industry of such experts who command thousands of dollars a day to sit in on selection.
The resolution also criticizes House investigators for denying Trump certain privileges enjoyed by Bill Clinton's legal team in 1998, including the ability to sit in on all depositions and question the witnesses themselves.
It makes sense that Lewis, a veteran of the civil rights movement, is leading the sit-in on the House floor calling on the leadership to allow for a vote on the bill.
Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, talk in the Capitol's Statuary Hall before heading to a sit-in on the House floor calling on Republicans to allow votes on gun violence legislation, June 22, 2016.
This summer's gun control sit-in on the floor of the House recalls a much earlier part of Lewis's career: the sit-ins in Nashville that form the climax of March's first volume.
The Senate is yet to vote on a narrow plan affecting people banned from flying; Democrats staged a long sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives to protest the inaction.
C-SPAN turned to Periscope and Facebook Live on Wednesday for coverage of Democrats staging a sit-in on gun control on the House floor after GOP leadership cut off the chamber's cameras.
President Donald Trump was so frequently unprepared for conversations with world leaders that White House staff needed to sit in on his conversations to make sure Trump didn't say anything inappropriate, CNN reported.
His dad had him on the drum set from a really young age, and he had the opportunity to sit in on rehearsals from some of the world's all-time greatest jazz musicians.
Last year, they held a sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote on a particular gun safety legislative package; and on Monday, several prominent Democrats called for stricter gun control.
Then, Rhea and Gerri convince Shiv to sit in on a pre-planned panel alongside Kendall (Jeremy Strong) and Roman (Kieran Culkin) to put a strong female face in front of the scandal.
You can also ask if you can sit in on meetings, invite coworkers to get coffee and talk about their career paths, or even spend your time on some kind of independent study.
"When you sit there and go, 'I can't read the transcripts, I can't sit in on the meetings' ... well it's like [Democrats] have got to do something credible at some point," said Rep.
Dozens of House Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor Wednesday in protest of the GOP leadership's refusal to allow a vote on a gun control measure following the Orlando massacre.
Several sources, for example, point out that during her tenure, Atwood would sit in on weekly executive meetings attended by Kalanick, Graves and other top execs, like the company's general counsel, Salle Yoo.
One crisp fall day I was asked to sit in on a briefing on Germany held by the best experts we had at the time, with decades of experience and access to best intelligence.
The White House Office of Communications refused to answer questions on what exactly Gorka does, whether he advises anyone, and whether he holds the security clearance needed to sit in on meetings involving terrorism.
More than 1,000 Google employees participated in a sit-in on Wednesday protesting the company's alleged retaliation against workers who have spoken up critically against the tech giant, a Google employee told The Hill.
In 2016, after the mass shooting in the Pulse night club, in Orlando, O'Rourke joined a sit-in on the House floor, hoping to force Republicans to bring gun-control legislation to a vote.
Mr. White hopped in the studio one day to sit in on a recording session, and he liked the music so much, the couple said, that he asked to play on the entire record.
The city, widely seen as loyal to prime minister, has benefited under the tutelage of Mr. Lazar, the chief of staff and a former mayor, who continued to sit in on town hall meetings.
The Development Bank of Japan has an ownership stake in Sanei's parent firm, and Ms. Trump's decision to sit in on her father's first meeting with the prime minister of Japan spurred widespread criticism.
On Day 1, the line of eager people waiting for a chance to sit in on the impeachment proceedings snaked around Longworth House Office Building, and there was an energetic buzz in the air.
Wednesday night's vote came as Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor, starting around nearly 12 hours earlier, to push for a vote on legislation to prevent terror suspects from buying guns.
The court documents also claim the two joined a third court employee in sexual acts within the courthouse and alleges she brought her children to work and let them sit in on confidential proceedings.
Likewise, although we sit in on sessions between Barry and his shrink (Betty Buckley), the implication that personality disorders are doomed to issue in criminal madness hangs over the movie like a rank smell.
Republicans have also cried foul about an inability to summon their own witnesses for the inquiry or for White House lawyers to sit in on depositions, calling the treatment a violation of due process.
For his part, Pompeo insists he's happy to cooperate with the impeachment probe as required "under the law," but he's criticized Democrats for not permitting State Department lawyers to sit in on the testimonies.
The White House instructed Mr. Kline not to comply with the summons on the grounds that the Oversight Committee would not allow a representative of the White House to sit in on the deposition.
Yesterday afternoon, Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor in an effort to force a vote on gun control, kicking off a protest that, as of this morning, is still going strong.
Relations between the military council that took over from Bashir and the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance broke down when security forces killed dozens as they cleared a sit-in on June 3.
He subscribed to publications like Teen Beat and Seventeen and even went back to his own high school to sit in on classes, he told Hogan's Alley, a magazine of the comic arts, in 1999.
"People waiting on line to sit in on the hearings are saying they have seen others get paid cash to wait on line and cause trouble," Henry said on Sean Hannity's show on Wednesday night.
Tens of thousands marched in Hong Kong to protest against the prison sentences given to three leaders of the pro-democracy movement that staged a three-month sit-in on the city's streets in 2014.
Most alarming about the sit-in on the House floor, which was supplemented with catered meals, and the countless other protests over countless other issues is that the protestors aren't seeking to alter the process.
In a rare moment of behind-the-scenes access, two Times journalists were permitted to sit in on a policy meeting whose attendees included Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as well as the site's safety team.
We asked if we could be there for as long as we wanted, if we could sit in on meetings, and walk around the studio freely, talking to whomever we wanted, media trained or not.
For instance, if someone wants me to sit in on a meeting or on a phone call at work, my answer is yes — even if it requires me to move things around on my schedule.
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Martin persuaded Child to let him sit in on the writing of his previous novel, "Make Me," and the upshot was that he literally sat there, in the room, while Child was writing the book.
On my third visit to the sit-in on Thursday, I went up to the student organizer again, and he asked if I could wait because he was in the middle of talking to someone.
Talks between the ruling military council and an alliance of protest and opposition groups had collapsed after the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3, in which dozens of people were killed.
The former vice president drew a stark contrast between himself and Trump, saying that no one in his administration would serve in the White House or sit in on meetings as if they are Cabinet members.
Relations between the military council that ousted Bashir in a coup and the Forces for Freedom and Change opposition alliance broke down when security forces killed dozens as they cleared a sit-in on June 3.
While Trump announced last summer that he will pull the U.S. out of the landmark Paris accords largely championed by Obama, the administration plans to send at least one representative to sit in on the negotiations.
At Toronto, festivalgoers (600,000 last year) can watch movies on the big screen, gawk at celebrities and sit in on Q. & A.s with directors and performers; they can also have the pleasure of discovering movies themselves.
A caucus volunteer invited CNN to sit in on one of the training sessions Monday where we learned more about the caucus calculator that will be used to help tabulate early votes and caucus day votes.
A friend of the family let him sit in on a graduate-level class on entrepreneurship and venture capital, where he heard talks from tech luminaries like Google CEO Eric Schmidt and YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley.
His presence on the call with Mr. Zelensky was unusual, though not improper: Past secretaries of state have occasionally joined such calls, and often sit in on face-to-face meetings between presidents and foreign leaders.
Relations between the military council that took over from Bashir and the Forces for Freedom and Change alliance broke down when security forces killed dozens of people as they cleared a sit-in on June 3.
They engaged in a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives for 93 hours and counting to push a vote that would prevent people who are on a terrorist watch list from buying guns.
Additionally, the IG notes that it was "inconsistent with typical investigative strategy" for the FBI to allow former Clinton chief of staff Cheryl Mills and ex-campaign staffer Heather Samuelson to sit in on the Clinton interview.
The Farmer Hoggett actor was one of six environmental protestors found guilty of obstructing traffic when they staged a sit-in on the site of Competitive Power Ventures' prospective natural gas-fired power plant in the town.
As midnight struck in Washington, D.C., the Democratic-led sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives continued on after House Speaker Paul Ryan refused to bring up several gun control bills for a vote.
Once I was invited to sit in on a John Lennon recording session, and sitting at the board between him and Phil Spector was one of the most exciting things that happened to me at that job.
In just the past year, he's drawn criticism (and praise) for leading a late-night sit-in on Capital Hill to protest inaction on gun control legislation and for testifying against Trump's pick for attorney general, Sen.
When security forces crushed the sit-in on June 3 after weeks of talks had stalled, Burri residents say they opened up their homes and mosques to shelter protesters, especially those from far-off places like Darfur.
House Republicans were understandably upset on June 22 last year when their Democratic colleagues staged a sit-in on the House floor to protest inaction on gun control legislation in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shootings.
An Ethiopian envoy has said that the military and opposition groups have agreed to resume talks on the formation of a transitional council that collapsed after the violent dispersal of a protest sit-in on June 3.
The couple met in 2012, when Mr. Lerner was a Hebrew school teacher at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield and Ms. Zimberg was an administrator, whose duties were to sit in on classrooms to observe the teachers.
House Democrats last week staged a nearly 26-hour sit-in on the floor to push for a vote on legislation more like Feinstein's, as well as a bill to require background checks on more gun sales.
Kim Kardashian West is supporting House Democrats staging a sit-in on the House floor, adding her voice to the chorus of people calling for Congress to stay in session until they pass legislation on gun control.
Last Wednesday, a group of Democrats staged a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives to draw attention to the gun responsibility debate raging across the country in the wake of the Orlando shootings.
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said early Thursday that he plans to go out and buy a new gun after the Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor to demand action on gun control legislation.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's main opposition staged a sit-in on Thursday to protest against proposed changes to parliamentary procedure that it says will restrict lawmakers' ability to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party in the assembly.
The show effectively transforms the audience into another roommate, allowing us to sit in on Tom and Josh's dinner parties, wobblier nights out, disastrous dates, and, most often, the lazy afternoons they spend fondly mocking each other.
After a few years in and around the ballroom scene, mostly interacting through the weekly NYC-based Vogue Knights party, I started to receive offers to join different houses or invitations to sit in on house practices.
Although Williams gets dozens of emails from both skaters and non-skaters aching to enroll, he has kept things intimate, allowing a maximum of 25 students to register (though many opt to sit in on the course unofficially).
A week after a Senate filibuster forced a vote on gun control measures, Democrats in the House of Representatives are holding a sit-in on the House floor to try to get Republicans there to do the same.
Burnham, and, to a lesser extent because of their schedules, White House Counsel Don McGahn and White House Deputy Counsel Greg Katsas, sit in on interviews with appeals court nominees, along with the lawyers handling that particular region.
It is uncommon for a member of a first family to sit in on a meeting of this level with world leaders, but Ivanka Trump serves the administration in a formal capacity as an adviser to the President.
The office has started using "Skype seats" during press briefings, allowing reporters from outlets that are at least 50 miles away from Washington D.C., to sit in on the briefings and ask questions of Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
With Democrats holding a sit-in on the House floor demanding votes on gun-related bills, only three Democrats showed up for the hearing, leaving McCarthy to face Republican questions mostly without a reprieve for nearly three hours.
After the worst mass shooting in our modern history, after an historic filibuster and round of gun safety votes in the Senate, and after an unprecedented sit-in on the House floor, House leaders have readied their response.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is urging Democrats to hold "family sit-ins" in their districts this week following the nearly 26-hour sit-in on the floor to push for action on gun control legislation.
The same year, Daniel Mendelsohn's memoir, "An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic," recounted what happened when his 81-year old father decided to sit in on the author's seminar on the "Odyssey" at Bard College.
And when relatives get security clearance to view classified information and sit in on high-level meetings, it upends delicate dynamics, as senior staff members keep their mouths shut rather than contradict a trusted relative of their boss.
As images of the protests, the biggest in Russia for several years, ricocheted around social media, Shingarkin's sit-in on top of the lamp-post was adopted by Kremlin opponents as a David-and-Goliath style symbol of defiance.
There is a long list of things about the first episode Netflix has asked me not to disclose and I'm not going to, but the most obvious Trump parallel is not particularly spoilerific, seeing Underwood sit in on Congress.
House Democrats, who last week staged a 25-hour sit-in on the House floor to push for gun control after the June 12 mass shooting in Orlando, condemned the Cornyn-Zeldin measure as the handiwork of the NRA.
JUI-F workers holding party flags blocked the Quetta–Chaman highway in the west of the country with a sit-in on Wednesday, resulting in a long queue of trucks laden with goods, footage from private news channels showed.
Mr. Trump has repeatedly emphasized his support from the National Rifle Association, a contrast as congressional Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor to demand gun control measures in the wake of the shooting in Orlando, Fla.
The company let a few reporters sit in on its regular content meeting last week, which typically includes employees from legal, safety policy, community operations, public policy (including regional), communications, community integrity, diversity, government and politics teams, product, etc.
Mitch McConnell, As a professor of election law and voting rights at the University of Kentucky College of Law -- your state's flagship institution and your alma mater -- I invite you to come sit in on my election law class.
Washington (CNN)House Democrats wrested control of the national spotlight Wednesday, leading a sit-in on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, chanting over Speaker Paul Ryan, all for gun control -- one of the most intractable issue in Congress.
Later I sit in on a class conducting a tunneling exercise, where data is transmitted around the globe through a series of masked entities, each one helping to obscure the source of the transmission (the better to cover one's digital tracks).
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats staged a "sit-in" on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday demanding the chamber remain in session until the Republican leadership agrees to a vote on gun control legislation following the Orlando mass shooting.
Gun violence prevention has gained a level of prominence unthinkable just a few years ago, with a 15-hour Senate filibuster, a historic sit-in on the House floor, and an entire program on gun safety at the Democratic National Convention.
The request, in the form of a letter to ATF Director Thomas Brandon, comes after Democrats staged a sit-in on the House floor this summer to bring attention to what they see as congressional inaction in response to mass shootings.
The House adopted new rules in January that impose steep fines on lawmakers who take photos or video on the chamber floor in response to Democrats' sit-in on the floor last year to call for action on gun control.
I do a lot of research, sit in on focus groups, read The New York Times, check discussion boards, Tumblr, Pew Research, Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight, consumer trend studies, and we have team brainstorming sessions before I sit down to write.
At least 8,000 police officers in riot gear and a separate paramilitary police force that had encircled the approximately 2,000 protesters began trying to clear the protesters staging a sit-in on the main interchange in the city early on Saturday.
Democrats from the House of Representatives entered the second day of an unprecedented sit-in on Thursday, continuing a marathon protest over the failure to pass legislation designed to curtail gun violence in the wake of the Orlando mass shooting.
They had spent the day on Monday broadcasting their sit-in on social media, sharing their stories of sexual violence and encouraging people to donate to REACH, a local organization that provides free counseling services to victims of sexual abuse.
" Not all designers sit in on rehearsals, he added, but Mr. Baker is "woven into the development of the piece, and he has a lot of good ideas for the work as a whole, not just how to light it.
Led by Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a longtime civil rights advocate who led sit-ins at segregated lunch counters in Nashville during the 1960s, more than 30 representatives are conducting a sit-in on the House floor demanding action on gun control legislation.
These types of managers are also more likely to be an advocate for employees, give you more time, and expose you to more experiences like the chance to sit in on executive meetings and go on client visits, which will help you grow.
WASHINGTON — As dozens of House members in charge of the impeachment investigations sit in on closed-door depositions about Ukraine, at least one person in the room has unusually close ties to President Donald Trump's administration — Vice President Mike Pence's older brother, Rep.
The US House of Representatives' Democrats have taken the floor, quite literally — since Wednesday just before noon, they've been staging a sit-in on the House floor in an attempt to get the chamber's Republicans to hold a vote on gun control legislation.
"Sometimes a team leader will ask us to sit in on their team meeting and then people know about this, why this person is here, and sometimes it's undercover but usually it's quite open," Dekker added on the sidelines of the conference.
A CNBC report in September, drawing on access provided by Google, letting the reporter sit in on an internal meeting and speak to employees on its algorithm team, suggested that Mountain View is now using only very little personalization to generate search results.
"We do not believe it is a coincidence that this happened just as the Democrats started officially wrapping up their sit-in on efforts to prevent gun violence," said Gordon Stanton, director of congressional services at DCS, the vendor behind the hacked House.
Democrats, led by Lewis and Pelosi, have been staging a sit-in on the House floor since Wednesday morning, demanding a vote on gun control measures in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting where a gunman opened fire and killed 49 people.
But folks seem increasingly drawn to freemium platforms, like Chaturbate and MyFreeCams, that let hundreds or even thousands of viewers sit in on a performer's show for free, all interacting with each other and the model, occasionally sending tips and requesting specific acts.
Meanwhile, live video has become the hot new thing, thanks in part to Facebook's sizable commitment to the format and its use in recent major news events including a police shooting and a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Wednesday's rally could provide Sanders with much-needed momentum as the senator prepares to dip out of campaign trail for a couple of days to head to the Vatican, where he'll sit in on a conference on social justice and environmental issues.
Burnaby RCMP are recommending charges of criminal mischief against three protesters who staged a sit-in on Saturday that drew attention to restricted public access to hearings for a controversial pipeline in Burnaby, B.C. RCMP spokesperson John Buis confirmed the charges to VICE News Monday.
Case in point: as I sit in on the show they chat about running out on restaurant bills, leaving a smell in a public bathroom and blaming it on someone else, and the struggle of being broke and having to buy Morrison's Savers sausages.
"No one in my family will have an office in the White House, will sit in on meetings as if they're a cabinet member, will in fact have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or foreign country," Biden said.
As part of the program, students will have an opportunity to tour the Startup Alley with a member of TechCrunch's editorial staff, sit-in on discussions taking place on the main stage and have a one-on-one Q&A session with a speaker.
Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, who led an all-night sit-in on the House floor on June 22 to demand votes on the gun control legislation, urged peaceful protest, in the tradition of the Civil Rights movement of which he was a leader.
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan on Friday blocked off roads into Islamabad, the capital, as an Islamist party that backs strict blasphemy laws staged a sit-in on a key highway, demanding the resignation of a minister it blames for changes to an electoral oath.
"They have to be willing to go all the way to government shutdown," said Tereza Lee, who helped stage a sit-in on Tuesday at Senator Chuck Schumer's office in New York City demanding that he win protection for young undocumented immigrants threatened with deportation.
Last year, members donned their jerseys — not a single uniform but a rainbow of hometown colors from professional, college and local teams — mere hours after Democrats concluded a 25-hour sit-in on the House floor, demanding Republicans hold a vote on gun control legislation.
The new administration most often cuts out these acting fill-ins from serious discussions; the position of undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, who might be expected to sit in on senior meetings on this subject when Secretary Tillerson is traveling, is conspicuously vacant.
In an effort to demystify how it runs its search engine, the company invited CNBC to sit in on an internal meeting where search executives discussed whether or not to approve one particular change: whether to put images next to some kinds of search results.
Progressive groups like Planned Parenthood, the Women's March, and the Center for Popular Democracy have been planning the protests for weeks, according to CNN, and have organized volunteers to sit in on the hearings, participate in evening vigils on Capitol Hill, and write letters to lawmakers.
Dr. Ahmed, the man behind the knife in today's streamed operation, sees this kind of technology as enabling remote education for doctors and surgeons in developing countries — using VR solutions to "sit in" on surgery without having to travel to top hospitals in far-off countries.
In September, 1967, black students at San Jose State College, led by a dashiki-wearing sociology professor and former San Jose discus thrower named Harry Edwards, filed a protest against racism on campus and threatened a mass sit-in on the gridiron during the home football opener.
But the report said there was no evidence "to connect the political views expressed in these messages to the specific investigative decisions" that were the subject of controversy, such as allowing immunity agreements or having fact witnesses sit in on others' interviews prior to July 5, 2016.
But the report said there was no evidence "to connect the political views expressed in these messages to the specific investigative decisions" that were the subject of controversy, such as allowing immunity agreements or having fact witnesses sit in on others interviews prior to July 5, 2016.
Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, released a letter on Friday that he had sent to Vice President-elect Mike Pence seeking more information about General Flynn's apparent conflicts, and questioning why he has been allowed to sit in on intelligence briefings with Mr. Trump.
Anton and Noah are invited to sit in on a writing class taught by a professor (played by Janel Moloney, late of "The Leftovers") who's nursed a decades-long crush on Noah — though it disintegrates rather suddenly when she learns his second wife died the previous day.
Indeed, this familiar refrain was widely echoed again after a 215-hour Senate filibuster to force a gun vote and House Democrats' unauthorized sit-in on the Capitol floor — both were high-profile responses from politicians in the wake of the deadliest mass shooting in US history.
Breakout sessions took on a decidedly Trumpian tone and flavor—attendees could sit in on "Fake News and the Lame Stream Media" on Thursday, "Revolt of the Deplorables: Inside Election 2016" on Friday, and "If Heaven Has a Gate, A Wall, and Extreme Vetting, Why Can't America?" on Saturday.
Breakout sessions took on a decidedly Trumpian tone and flavor — attendees could sit in on "Fake News and the Lame Stream Media" on Thursday, "Revolt of the Deplorables: Inside Election 1003" on Friday, and "If Heaven Has a Gate, A Wall, and Extreme Vetting, Why Can't America?" on Saturday.
Breakout sessions took on a decidedly Trumpian tone and flavor — attendees could sit in on "Fake News and the Lame Stream Media" on Thursday, "Revolt of the Deplorables: Inside Election 2016" on Friday, and "If Heaven Has a Gate, A Wall, and Extreme Vetting, Why Can't America?" on Saturday.
The decision comes after Democrats launched a disruptive sit-in on the House floor to protest the lack of legislative action on gun control in the wake of multiple mass shootings in recent months, including the murder of 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando earlier this month.
Every so often, there was a cab ride up to "the Channel," Fox News's Midtown headquarters at 1211 Avenue of the Americas, to sit in on the grown-ups' editorial meetings, or to check in with Ailes's "Brain Room," an underground bunker that required security clearance to access.
According to the New York Times, President Obama allowed top political strategist David Axelrod to sit in on some NSC meetings, but gave him no formal role and made no effort to downgrade the relative status of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs or the director of national intelligence.
Asked what he did with a cable from Taylor expressing his concerns about what he described as the "irregular channel," Pompeo said he was "not going to talk about [the] inquiry this morning" and reiterated that Democrats were not allowing State Department lawyers to sit in on depositions.
And that has big implications for the senators running for president who will have to sit in on the trial instead of out on the campaign, as Vox's Li Zhou explained: [The timing] would keep several Democratic presidential contenders trapped in Washington with the Iowa caucus just weeks away.
The scene at the four-day conference, which ended Sunday, was emblematic of the uneasy truce between Clinton and many of the pro-Bernie Sanders progressives who came for the training sessions and to sit in on panels featuring liberal luminaries like billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer and Wisconsin Sen.
Other young people who lack advanced degrees, have worked in a family business for much of their adult lives and have been mentored mainly by the same person might hesitate to sit in on transition team meetings, screen applicants for administration jobs and plant to occupy offices in the White House.
In the Senate judiciary committee, for instance, senators had a chance sit in on Trump Jr.'s interview, while the witnesses who have appeared before the Senate intelligence panel -- including Kushner and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort -- have only talked with committee staff with rank-and-file members not present.
In exchange, special counsel Robert MuellerRobert (Bob) Swan MuellerMueller report fades from political conversation Trump calls for probe of Obama book deal Democrats express private disappointment with Mueller testimony MORE would be allowed to sit in on interviews with 12 Russians indicted on charges of interfering in the 2016 U.S. election.
Though Representative John Lewis of Georgia was rightfully applauded for leading a sit-in on the floor of the House of Representatives to press for a vote on gun reform, many national politicians have exhibited no such energy in challenging the deaths of blacks at the hands of the police.
Photo: The Awood CenterMinnesota has become a hotbed of labor unrest within Amazon's ranks, where a contingent of workers organized via local East African community group Awood Center first pressured the company's brass to sit in on negotiations in November and staged a mass protest outside their facility a month later.
Earlier, Brown and I had decided that it would seem peculiar for me to sit in on his reading, so I gave him a digital recorder and was left to wait in the living room with piped-in New Age music and the July issue of the magazine Fate & Fortune .
While his children won't be in Washington for this year's event, the Speaker did recently bring them to the Capitol during a school break and allowed them to sit in on media interviews and a bill signing, so they've had their own experience learning what it's like to preside over the House.
But Luján has been the subject of complaints filed by the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust (FACT), a conservative watchdog group, alleging the DCCC chairman violated ethics rules by soliciting campaign donations following the Democrats' sit-in on the House floor in June 2016 to protest Republican inaction on gun reform.
Edwards said her physician called her during a sit-in on the House floor in June of 85033 to tell her she had been diagnosed with MS. The former Maryland lawmaker compared her coverage while she served in Congress to the new the uncertainty she faces with the new Senate GOP measure.
There's nothing inherently wrong with this — a sit-in on the floor of Congress about gun control is unusual and interesting, and it's hard to find fault with people for paying attention to what's happening in Washington — but it does provide proof of concept to politicians that social media–friendly stunts get big results.
They have been told that Muscat himself was in regular communication with Fenech after Caruana Galizia's assassination and that, for months, at least one person alleged to be privy to the assassination plot was allowed to sit in on police and secret-service meetings about the arrest of those privy to the assassination plot.
"It is not helpful to have had the sit-in on the House side because that made it partisan, and I've worked very hard to keep this bipartisan, so that setback our efforts somewhat," she said of her bill, which won support from a majority of senators Thursday but fell short of the 22012 votes needed to advance.
So in the Clinton investigation, we have the Clinton IT guy getting granted immunity essentially nothing, admitting that they destroyed the emails after they were already under the subpoena, no prosecution, Cheryl Mills being in the interview with Hillary Clinton as both as a witness and as a lawyer, Huma Abedin being allowed to sit in on the interview.
In addition to all of that, the decision at the end, they had already given up, but the decision at the end to let Cheryl Mills and Miss Samuelson just sit in on the investigation of Mrs Clinton and the excuses for why they didn&apost issue a grand jury subpoena are just absolutely appalling to me.
"John Lewis's historic sit-in on the Floor has resonated across the nation, and given fresh energy to Americans who will no longer tolerate the daily tragedy of gun violence in America and are calling for congressional action," read a statement from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who planned to join a sit-in in San Francisco Wednesday.
As part of that effort to increase engagement with hosts, CEO Brian Chesky announced today that he is embarking on a world tour, forming a host advisory board that will provide feedback to the company and sit in on one of its four annual board meetings, and do monthly check-ins with Airbnb users via Facebook Live.
Katherine ClarkKatherine Marlea ClarkThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Fourth-ranking House Democrat backs Trump impeachment Toni Morrison dies at 88 MORE (D-Mass.), vice chair of the House Democratic Caucus who helped lead a sit-in on the House floor after the 2016 shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla.
Moulton was one of many Democrats who held a sit-in on the House floor in June 2016 to try and push Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE (R-Wis.) to call for a vote on gun control legislation.
Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE warned that Republicans "will not tolerate" it if Democrats launch another sit-in on the House floor after the Fourth of July recess to force a vote on gun control.
John LewisJohn LewisCummings invites Trump to visit Baltimore House Democrat knocks Trump's Cummings tweet: 'This guy is a terrible, terrible human being' George Wallace's daughter: 'I saw Daddy a lot' during 21625 election MORE (D-Ga.) became the public face of the historic Democratic sit-in on the House floor protesting congressional inaction on gun violence.
Jeff MerkleyJeffrey (Jeff) Alan MerkleySenate Democrats push Trump to permanently shutter migrant detention facility Senate Dem seeks answers from DHS on reports of pregnant asylum seekers sent back to Mexico Schumer backs Pelosi as impeachment roils caucus MORE (D-Ore.) to sit in on the session, even though Merkley really had no part in the tiff.
You know it's a weird day when C-Span is must-see TV—or, more precisely, when a C-Span broadcast of shaky smartphone livestreams is must-see TV. But that's what happened this past week when House Democrats, led by famed civil rights leader John Lewis, staged a sit-in on the House floor to demand a vote on gun control legislation.
Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE wants his son-in-law Jared Kushner to sit in on his presidential daily briefings once Kushner gets top-secret security clearance, NBC News reported.
An irritated Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE on Thursday ridiculed the 6900-hour Democratic sit-in on the House floor as a publicity stunt and "fundraising scheme," accusing Democrats of trying to raise money off the tragic shooting in Orlando.
One January evening a few years ago, just before the beginning of the spring term in which I was going to be teaching an undergraduate seminar on the Odyssey, my father, a retired computer scientist who was then eighty-one, asked me, for reasons I thought I understood at the time, if he could sit in on the course, and I said yes.
Matt GaetzMatthew (Matt) GaetzLawmakers from both sides of the aisle mourn Cummings The Hill's Morning Report - Tempers boil over at the White House Schiff says committees will eventually make impeachment inquiry transcripts public MORE (R-Fla.) tried to stir the pot early in the day, attempting to sit in on her testimony despite not being on any of the three investigatory committees.
And to prove it, he said, he would have Russian law enforcement question the indicted individuals themselves — and even allow members of Mueller's investigative team to sit in on the questioning: We have an existing agreement between the United States of America and the Russian Federation, an existing treaty that dates back to 1999: the mutual assistance on criminal cases.
John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and civil rights icon now leading a sit-in on the House floor, revealed in 2004 that he had been held up at airports 35-40 times in the preceding year due to an administrative mishap -- one that would, with the new bill in place, for the same mysterious reasons have made it illegal for him to purchase a firearm.
The report concluded that there was no evidence "to connect the political views expressed in these messages to the specific investigative decisions" that were the subject of controversy, such as allowing immunity agreements or having fact witnesses sit in on others' interviews prior to July 5, 2016, the day then-FBI Director James Comey issued a statement on the Clinton investigation that cleared her.
Rep. John LewisJohn LewisCummings invites Trump to visit Baltimore House Democrat knocks Trump's Cummings tweet: 'This guy is a terrible, terrible human being' George Wallace's daughter: 'I saw Daddy a lot' during 2016 election MORE (D-Ga.) on Friday expressed pride in the House Democrats' sit-in on the House floor this week, saying the country can't wait any longer for gun control measures.
Dozens of elderly activists demanding campaign finance reform were arrested Tuesday for staging a sit-in outside the Capitol Building as part of the week-long Democracy Spring protests happening in Washington, DC. According to the US Capitol Police, 85 activists were taken cheerfully and willingly into custody, on top of the more than 400 protesters who were arrested during a sit-in on Monday.
" You may have been riveted by any number of stories in this busy news week, whether Britain's stunning decision to leave the E.U., the Democrats' sit-in on gun control, the Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and immigration, the acquittal in the Freddie Gray case, the triumph of the Cleveland Cavaliers — or maybe just the fact, via the Styles section, that there is such a job as "professional cuddler.
It's not all that surprising that the Fugazi-loving, skateboarding, former rep who fought for net neutrality and live-streamed a sit in on the House floor to force a debate on gun control (that resulted in former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) changing the rules on phone use in the chamber) would have taken advantage of the then-new power of the internet, albeit perhaps illegally, to push a political message.
Susan CollinsSusan Margaret CollinsCook Political Report moves Susan Collins Senate race to 'toss up' The Hill's Morning Report — Trump and the new Israel-'squad' controversy Trump crosses new line with Omar, Tlaib, Israel move MORE (R-Maine), is a bipartisan measure aimed at reaching a breakthrough on an issue that has sparked debate throughout Congress and led to a daylong sit-in on the House floor by Democrats that ended earlier on Thursday.
Moulton has pushed for Congress to pass gun control legislation in the past — he was one of many Democrats who held a sit-in on the House floor after the Pulse shooting to try and force Speaker Paul RyanPaul Davis RyanEmbattled Juul seeks allies in Washington Ex-Parkland students criticize Kellyanne Conway Latina leaders: 'It's a women's world more than anything' MORE (R-Wis.) to bring gun control legislation up for a vote.
It speaks to a subtle racism that refuses to acknowledge that more than half of all gun victims are black, or that, as the Brookings Institution's Richard Reeves notes, "gun violence is part of a vicious cycle of race and inequality in the U.S." And, so, playing with hypotheticals: What if Lewis and others had baked up a stubborn, yet understandably sensible sit-in on gun control after rounds of weekend killings in Chicago, for example?
Ami BeraAmerish (Ami) Babulal BeraDemocratic lawmakers support Bustos after DCCC resignations Overnight Defense: Shanahan exit shocks Washington | Pentagon left rudderless | Lawmakers want answers on Mideast troop deployment | Senate could vote on Saudi arms deal this week | Pompeo says Trump doesn't want war with Iran Cruz pitches Ocasio-Cortez on bill to make birth control available over the counter MORE (Calif.) is a reaction to the Democrats' day-long sit-in on gun legislation last month, which gained prominence on social media after Republicans gaveled out of session and turned off the cameras.
Led by Representatives John LewisJohn LewisCummings invites Trump to visit Baltimore House Democrat knocks Trump's Cummings tweet: 'This guy is a terrible, terrible human being' George Wallace's daughter: 'I saw Daddy a lot' during 28500 election MORE, Katherine ClarkKatherine Marlea ClarkThe Hill's Morning Report - Trump searches for backstops amid recession worries Fourth-ranking House Democrat backs Trump impeachment Toni Morrison dies at 6900 MORE, and Robin KellyRobin Lynne KellyTo combat domestic terrorism, Congress must equip law enforcement to fight rise in white supremacist attacks Democratic lawmakers support Bustos after DCCC resignations Here are the 2628 Democrats who voted to support impeachment MORE, they staged a daylong sit in on the House floor to protest the refusal of Republicans to hold a vote on gun safety legislation.

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