There are public meetings on "secret" treaties?  That doesn't sound very secret.  Was the activist ejected for breaking the rules.  When you attend an in-progress House or Senate debate in their galleries, you aren't allowed to have any electronics out, and you aren't allowed to write or draw.  From the capital website:<p>The Gallery "staging areas" are located on the upper level of the Visitor Center near the Orientation Theater exits. Visitors are not allowed to bring battery-operated electronic devices (medical devices are permitted); cameras; creams, lotions or perfumes; strollers; or video recorders or any type of recording device into the Galleries. These items may be stored securely in the Gallery staging areas while visitors are in the Galleries.<p>What happened to those promised televised health care debates?