Members of Mexico's Congress hold a sign that reads in Spanish "To defend the constitution has no price" as they continued their protest in Mexico City Thursday.

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Mexican lawmakers end takeover of Congress

By Julie Watson
ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:43 p.m. April 25, 2008

MEXICO CITY – Leftist lawmakers ended a 16-day blockade of Mexico's Congress on Friday after agreeing on a national debate they hope will lead to defeat of the president's energy reform bill.
The legislators have been camped out around the clock in both houses of Congress since Mexican leader Felipe Calderón presented a bill that would let the government's debt-strapped state oil company seek foreign help to boost sagging production.


Protesting legislators announced they had were ending their takeover of the congressional podiums and staging a rousing send-off for themselves, raising their fists and singing the national anthem before leaving the Senate chamber.
“We triumphed! We triumphed!â€