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Senate leaders spent hours on Friday negotiating a number of amendments to the budget bill that ultimately were defeated.

Congress is expected to vote on a resolution "Condemning rape and sexual violence committed by Hamas in its war against Israel."

Capitol Police said that the protesters went through a security check at the entrance to the building, but when the protest began, they were arrested immediately.

Republicans ran last year promising to show voters they could govern. But once they got the chance, they proved they weren’t up to the job. Maybe not even interested.

"Ultimately, we have to do the job - to see the Middle East without Hamas," said Congressman Brad Sherman, co-chair of the Congressional Israel Allies Caucus. 

According to the organizers, this has been the largest pro-Israel rally in the history of the United States.

The event’s featured speakers will include family members of hostages currently held in Gaza as well as family members of victims of the October 7 terror attacks.

"I call them the 'J-6 hostages,' not prisoners. I call them the hostages, what’s happened. And it’s a shame," Trump said at the rally in Houston.

Many of the protesters wore shirts reading "Jews say ceasefire" and "not in our name."

The untested legal strategy, which relies on a reading of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution, faces long odds, according to legal experts.