After 26 hours, Democrats in the House of Representatives endedtheir sit-in for gun control.

Since there is no House activity planned until after the 4th ofJuly weekend, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, the party’ssecond-in-command, said members would return to their districtsduring that time to build support for gun controllegislation.

A tactic usually associated with protesting workers or students,the sit-in flummoxed Republicans, who rushed out of the House afterquickly voting to pass an $80 billion spending bill over theobjections of the sitting Democrats at 3 a.m.

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