The Huffington Post website reports today (August 1, 2011) that Rabbi Arthur Waskow and several other members of the clergy were arrested by Capitol Hill police for protesting the Republican House budget-cutting plan.
The group -- organized by Common Cause's president, the Rev. Bob Edgar -- occupied the center of the historic Rotunda for over a half-hour on July 28, praying and singing until police closed the massive chamber and arrested the group of 11 people.
Common Cause spokeswoman Mary Boyle said they were trying to make a simple point.
"They were trying to send the message to Congress that the budget cannot be balanced on the backs of the poor, the middle class, or the neediest in society," Boyle said.
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