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The Rev. William Barber II and eight other progressive activists were arrested inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Monday for holding a prayer rally against the Republican-backed budget bill going through Congress.

Barber, a former NAACP leader who co-leads the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, posted a video to his X account on Monday evening documenting the event. The demonstration began outside the U.S. Supreme Court building and then continued in the Capitol Rotunda.

At issue is the Trump administration-backed budget bill before Congress. Barber and other progressive activists oppose cuts to various publicly funded welfare programs.

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