A group of demonstrators interrupted a U.S. Senate Budget Committee hearing Wednesday, decrying proposed reductions in higher education spending in the budget blueprints released this week by Congressional Republicans.
United States Capitol Police escorted the demonstrators from the hearing room as they chanted, "No cuts, no fees, education should be free." Seven individuals were arrested, according to public information officer Shennell Antrobus, who said they would each be charged with "crowding, obstructing or incommoding," a misdemeanor under District of Columbia law.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/03/19/7-arrested-protesting-higher-ed-cuts-senate-hearing