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'It ends when we win': Cori Bush spends a fourth night sleeping outside the Capitol and says she won't end her eviction moratorium protest until protections are extended for all American renters

Freshman progressive Rep. Cori Bush spent a fourth night sleeping upright on the Capitol steps on Monday in protest of the White House and Congress allowing the Covid-19 eviction moratorium to expire.

The Missouri Democrat, who’s made waves with the stunt, said her protest won’t end until the moratorium is extended. She slept in a sitting position to evade being stopped by Capitol police.

To Bush, the matter is personal - the 45-year-old was evicted three times before entering politics and lived in her car with her two children.

‘It ends when we win, it ends when we win. It ends when we don’t have to worry about this moratorium at this point,’ she told Punchbowl News. ‘It ends when we get to say, “Okay, we got a little bit of time. Let’s go ahead and get to work to get a bill done so Congress can actually act.” That’s when it ends for me.'

Bush's protest comes amid a slew of Democratic finger pointing. Congressional Democrats are calling on the White House to extend the eviction freeze, but the Centers for Disease Control has said it cannot find the legal authority to do so after the Supreme Court said the moratorium should only be extended by legislation.

The White House, meanwhile, has called on Congress to extend the freeze, but Democrats haven't wrangled up enough votes to do so, and now the House is in recess.  

The congresswoman turned the heat up on President Joe Biden. ‘I think the quickest way to get this thing done is for our president to go ahead and get this thing done by an executive order and get it done. He can get it done right now,’ Bush insisted.

Bush has been living on the Capitol steps since Friday night

Bush has been living on the Capitol steps since Friday night 

Freshman progressive Rep. Cori Bush spent her fourth night sleeping sitting up on the Capitol stairs on Monday night in protest of the White House and Congress allowing the Covid-19 eviction moratorium to expire

Freshman progressive Rep. Cori Bush spent her fourth night sleeping sitting up on the Capitol stairs on Monday night in protest of the White House and Congress allowing the Covid-19 eviction moratorium to expire

The Missouri Democrat, who’s made waves with the stunt, said her protest won’t end until the moratorium is extended.

The Missouri Democrat, who’s made waves with the stunt, said her protest won’t end until the moratorium is extended.

To Bush, the matter is personal - the 45-year-old was evicted three times before entering politics and lived in her car with her two children.Rep. Cori Bush turned the heat up on President Joe Biden. 'He can get it done right now,' she said

To Bush, the matter is personal - the 45-year-old was evicted three times before entering politics and lived in her car with her two children.

Bush was at times joined by other progressive 'Squad' members, and visited by a number of Democrats showing support. 

In addition to meeting with her party's leadership, Bush met with Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday to implore the White House to take action.'

'I just had a conversation with @VP Kamala Harris. I needed her to look me in my eyes and I wanted to look in hers when I asked for help to prevent our people from being evicted,' she wrote on Twitter. 

Bush met with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday

Bush met with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday 

The White House has said it appealed to the Centers for Disease Control to extend the order, but the agency did not find the legal authority to do so. Democrats all the way up to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are unsatisfied with that answer and believe Biden could unilaterally extend the order to buy them time to do so legislatively.

On Tuesday, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., pushed the CDC to extend the moratorium, asking 'who is going to stop them.' 

'I don't buy that the CDC can't extend the eviction moratorium - something it has already done in the past! Who is going to stop them? Who is going to penalize them? There is no official ruling saying that they cannot extend this moratorium. C'mon CDC - have a heart! Just do it!' she wrote on Twitter.  

The administration has also pointed to a Supreme Court ruling from last month that allowed the moratorium to extend another month but said after that, it would take an act of Congress to keep it going.

The White House then asked Congress to handle the matter, but there weren’t enough votes in the House or the Senate to extend the moratorium and it expired. Democrats attempted to approve an extension of the freeze by consent, or without a formal vote on Friday but House Republicans objected.

The White House also implored states to dole out some of the billions in unspent federal relief for rental assistance.

'The administration has provided states and local governments with the flexibility to get funds out efficiently without burdensome documentation, to use funds to help those who are homeless or in need of new housing, and to use American Rescue Plan state and local funds to expand any effort to help those whose housing is at risk due to the pandemic,' White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

Bush has at been joined by other progressive Squad members, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

Bush has at been joined by other progressive Squad members, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. 

Bush has blasted Democrats for going 'on vacation' instead of extending the moratorium. The House is slated for a seven-week recess, but is due back if the Senate passes an infrastructure bill

Bush has blasted Democrats for going 'on vacation' instead of extending the moratorium. The House is slated for a seven-week recess, but is due back if the Senate passes an infrastructure bill 

Sen, Elizabeth Warren embraces with Bush in support of her fight of the eviction moratorium

Sen, Elizabeth Warren embraces with Bush in support of her fight of the eviction moratorium 

'The American Rescue Plan allocated an additional $21.5 billion for Emergency Rental Assistance that can be used by renters to cover arrears and make landlords whole. This is on top of $25 billion allocated under the Consolidated Appropriations Act,' a White House press release explained last month.

 'But state and local governments must do better. Money is available in every state to help renters who are behind on rent and at risk of eviction.'

Of that $46 billion total, just $3 billion has gone to help renters and ‘mom and pop’ landlords, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said on CNN on Sunday. It is up to individual governors to handle money allocated to states and local municipalities for emergency rental assistance.

'I think, in some states, some governors and state administrations might be slow walking this process to get it out. In other states, there’s the administrative burden of setting it up. But there are states and municipalities who have been getting it right. Frankly, those state governments need to get it together, but we cannot kick people out of their homes when our end of the bargain has not been fulfilled.'

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