War Protesters Interrupt Arkansas Sen. Lincoln

As reported by the press today:
The Hill: Anti-war protesters shut down Senate proceedings momentarily Wednesday afternoon by chanting slogans that disrupted a debate over the budget resolution.
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) was speaking on the Senate floor at 2:20 p.m. when the group began chanting, “We are from the National Campaign for Non-Violent Resistance” over and over. . . . Anti-war protesters shut down Senate proceedings momentarily Wednesday afternoon by chanting slogans that disrupted a debate over the budget resolution. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) was speaking on the Senate floor at 2:20 p.m. when the group began chanting, “We are from the National Campaign for Non-Violent Resistance” over and over. . . . The protest halted Senate proceedings for about 10 minutes. When calm was restored, senators resumed the budget debate.
The Washington Times: Debate on the Senate floor was briefly halted this afternoon when about 10 Iraq war protesters stood up in the visitor's gallery and shouted anti-war slogans.
Several of the protesters, who were with a group called the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, donned gauze shrouds and displayed T-shirts that read "we will not be silent" before police quickly escorted them out of the gallery. All were arrested without further incident.

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