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Bush later said she was ending her protest now that the CDC has acted.

\"I plan to go home,\" Bush said with a laugh, after someone asked her if she will continue her protest on the Capitol steps.

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PHOTO: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol with Rep. Cori Bush as they celebrate news that the White House intends to extend the eviction moratorium, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021.
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\"Activists are in Congress!\" Bush said to applause.

Bush said she will be more useful back in her home district so that she can directly work with her constituents to figure out their rental assistance and avoid eviction.

As other members spoke about Bush's efforts over the last several days, Bush broke down in tears and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. quickly walked over and embraced her.

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PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer hugs Rep. Cori Bush as they celebrate news that the White House intends to extend the eviction moratorium, outside the U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 3, 2021.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer gave her a hug.

At the same time, neither the Senate's Democratic leader nor the Republican leader suggested that the upper chamber will or should take any immediate action to address the problem after the House failed to extend the moratorium before adjourning for its recess.

GOP Leader Mitch McConnell argued in his weekly press conference that the funds to help struggling renters have already been sent to states and that it's now their responsibility to disburse those funds to struggling renters.

\"It looks like the money is there,\" McConnell said, referring to state governments. \"It doesn't seem to meet or require any additional legislative action they need to get the money out there that has already been made available so it can solve the problem.\"

Schumer said the Senate is focused on urging the administration and states and localities to extend moratoriums and urging states to disburse rent relief funds.

The Biden administration had announced Monday a series of new measures to prevent evictions -- but they fell short of the full extension Democrats pushed for, with White House officials continuing to argue they're constrained from doing more by a Supreme Court ruling that said Congress must act to extend a moratorium.

Pelosi and House Democrats were caught flat-footed and left frustrated at the lack of involvement from the White House on the issue just days before the moratorium expired.

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Housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Massachusetts, on Oct. 14, 2020. The Biden administration on July 29, 2021 called on Congress to extend a federal freeze on evictions set to expire on Saturday, arguing its hands are tied by the Supreme Court.
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Bush said her experience with homelessness gives her an incredibly unique insight into this devastating situation -- when families are booted from their homes and potentially forced to live on the streets.

She was joined by other Democratic lawmakers, including Texas Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee and Al Green, who said even though Congress is not in town, they will continue to work on drafting legislation.

Bush said that Pelosi has been \"supportive\" and \"communicative\" with her as she continued to protest on the Capitol steps.

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PHOTO: Protesters at a midnight rally on the steps of the Capitol hold their phones in the air with Congresswoman Cori Bush, in yellow, in a moment of silence to remember those who have been lost due to homelessness and the pandemic.
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She also told reporters about her conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday.

\"I wanted her to look me in my eyes and I wanted to look in hers, but I wanted her to see down to my soul what pain looks like,\" Bush said. \"That is not far from me at all, the days that I've been out in the car on the street moving the vehicle around the city of St. Louis hoping that the police didn't come because we were sitting in the car.\"

\"I remember those moments with my babies crying in the car. And I remember what that was like and not having a place to go,\" Bush said.

ABC News White House Correspondent MaryAlice Parks, Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott, Katherine Faulders, Molly Nagle, Allison Pecorin and Libby Cathey contributed to this report.

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