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.

Booker and Jeffries have hosted a number of Democratic lawmakers on the steps of the Capitol throughout the protest.

Booker and Jeffries staged a sit-in ahead of a vote that could cut $880 billion of federal programs like Medicaid.