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More than two dozen AIDS activists protesting the ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs were arrested after staging sit-ins in House lawmakers’ offices Wednesday morning.



Capitol Police took 29 protesters into custody after they descended on the offices of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), and Reps. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) and Hal Rogers (R-Ky.).



According to Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider, nine individuals were detained in Rehberg’s office in the Rayburn House office building and are charged with demonstrating within a Capitol building.
 
Ten more suspects were arrested in Roger’s Rayburn office, also charged with demonstrating within a Capitol building. The remaining ten individuals were arrested in the Capitol Building and are charged with unlawful entry.
 
Schneider could not confirm the suspects’ affiliations, but an AIDS activism orga! nization claimed responsibility for the protests and several arrests Wednesday.

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