With little notice, Senate Republicans on Tuesday held a hearing on a Democratic effort to encourage President Trump to rescind temporary refugee and select immigration bans.

The hearing made the Senate schedule Monday night, sending Democrats into a tizzy, as they weren’t able to provide enough time for supporters of the resolution to testify at the Capitol.

As some scrambled to make the hearing, others attempted to listen online, where technical difficulties resulted in the audio playing only intermittently.

Sen. Mike Merrifield, D-Colorado Springs, a sponsor of the resolution, said he was informed about the hearing Monday morning.

Demonstrations in opposition to Trump’s bans have taken place throughout Colorado, especially in Denver, where thousands of people protested the presidential directives.

“There are thousands of Coloradans who feel this way,” said Sen. Lois Court, D-Denver. “I wondered if you knew why we don’t have anymore people here to testify.”

Merrifield responded, “My assumption is that notice was pretty late coming … They just didn’t have the opportunity to get themselves prepared.”

Sen. Steve Fenberg, D-Boulder, tweeted, “Senate GOP majority put resolution condemning travel ban on committee agenda at last minute to keep citizens and news from knowing.”

The resolution was sent to a “kill committee” used by the majority party to end unfavorable legislation. Republicans control the Senate.

The resolution died on a 3-2 party-line vote.

Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, R-Sterling, said it was unfair to characterize Trump’s orders as being religious in nature, pointing out that the seven Muslim-majority countries named by Trump were first identified by the Obama administration.

“You make assertions that this is a religious thing. In fact, I don’t think it is,” Sonnenberg said.

He added that Republicans sent the resolution to the Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee in an effort to give the public a chance to testify.

“This is an opportunity for the public to have an opportunity to discuss a resolution when it’s in committee, rather than send it straight to the floor,” Sonnenberg said.

Trump’s executive orders temporarily suspended immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries and offered a sweeping prohibition of refugees entering the country.

The list of seven nations identified by Trump include Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Trump suspended immigration to the United States from the seven countries for 90 days. The president also suspended all refugee admission for 120 days.

While the orders do not specifically create bans on Muslims, and includes only seven countries that make up only 12 percent of the world’s Muslims, it follows a campaign promise, in which Trump threatened to enact a Muslim ban if elected president. No one in the United States has been killed in a terrorist attack by someone from the seven countries, according to PolitiFact.

Sen. Rhonda Fields, D-Aurora, also pointed out that the Trump administration has promised to prioritize persecuted Christians over other refugees seeking to enter the United States.

“This executive order that was rendered by the president of the United States is an executive order issued by Donald Trump. This was not an executive order that was issued by former President Barack Obama,” Fields said in response to Sonnenberg.

“I know that people are trying to redirect and point the blame on what President Barack Obama did, but the circumstances and the makeup of this executive order is totally different.”

Merrifield added, “This is not and should not be considered a partisan issue.”