Prairie State 2.0 writes:

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives wanted a vote on domestic oil drilling prior to adjourning for the August recess.

The House Democrat leadership did not … so they adjourned …

The Republicans kept debating.  So the Democrats turned the microphones off.  And then they started kicking media out of the chamber.  Then they turned off the House television feed - so no C-SPAN.

But the Republicans kept debating.  They figured out how to turn the microphones back on.

Then the Democrats turned the lights off.  And turned the mics off once again.

But the GOP kept at it.  They even invited members of the public into the House chamber to listen to the debate.

So if the mainstream media wasn’t allowed to cover it - and C-SPAN didn’t carry it.  How did we all know about it?

One word:  Twitter.