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.

Both political leaders started the sit-in around 6 a.m. April 27 – also Booker's 56th birthday – and slowly were joined by other Democratic lawmakers like

Hakeem Jeffries and Cory Booker hosted hundreds of supporters at the Capitol in protest of Republicans' upcoming push to pass a budget reconciliation bill.