When lawmakers propose a budget that abandons the poor, attacks workers, and feeds war while children starve—then clergy must go where Jesus would go: into the halls of power, crying out for the least of these. That’s why we knelt in the Capitol today.

Faith leaders have made it to the rotunda and have begun to pray.

As faith leaders headed into the capitol to pray for against this immoral budget, capitol police put up the barricades and blocked the plaza. #MoralMonday

Shane Claiborne with Red Letter Christians explains, There are over 2000 verses in the Bible that emphasize God's care for the poor, and criticizes the current budget for not aligning with these values, which is a antithesis of the Beatitudes.

Rev. Amanda Voss at the podium: “The president has said, Well, maybe the kids will have less this Christmas. Even with a little recession…[it] will be just fine, inflated groceries, an economy falling into recession, small businesses going belly up, the President isn't worried.”

Bishop Barber speaks to the crowd: “I believe if America knows what's going on in this budget, and if we stay long enough and pray long enough, they will come alive in one of the greatest all moral movements of our time”