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Next up: `Occupy Congress’
Washington Post ^ | 11/18/2011 | Greg (Obama Shill) Sargent

Posted on 11/18/2011 3:51:46 PM PST by Qbert

One of the enduring questions about Occupy Wall Street has been this: Can the energy unleashed by the movement be leveraged behind a concrete political agenda and push for change that will constitute a meaningful challenge to the inequality and excessive Wall Street influence highlighted by the protests?

A coalition of labor and progressive groups is about to unveil its answer to that question. Get ready for “Occupy Congress.”

The coalition — which includes unions like SEIU and CWA and groups like the Center for Community Change — is currently working on a plan to bus thousands of protesters from across the country to Washington, where they will congregate around the Capitol from December 5-9, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry tells me in an interview.

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One goal of the protests, Henry says, is to pressure Republicans to support Obama’s jobs creation proposals. More generally, the aim is to highlight Congress’s misguided obsession with the deficit and overall inaction on unemployment.

“We’re taking about it as an effort to take back the Capitol,” Henry says. “It would be great if we could build pressure that goes beyond the jobs act.”

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“The reason we’re targeting Republicans is because this is about jobs,” she said. “The Republicans’ insistence that no revenue can be put on the table is the reason we’re not creating jobs in this country. We want to draw a stark contrast between a party that wants to scapegoat immigrants, attack public workers, and protect the rich, versus a president who has been saying he wants America to get back to work and that everybody should pay their fair share.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: astroturf; occupycongress; occupywallstreet; unions
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To: GeronL

The “children’ who are out there sleeping in Zuccotti Park are the Left’s “useful idiots”.


21 posted on 11/18/2011 4:16:51 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: Qbert

Another excuse for the labor union thugs to blame everything on Republican control of Congress!


22 posted on 11/18/2011 4:17:11 PM PST by Brandonmark (2012: Our Hope IS Change!)
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To: SandRat

“Can hardly wait for them to try and do the crap they’ve been doing actually in the halls and on the floors of Congress -— pass the pop corn. LOL “

That reflecting pool on the mall will make a mighty big crapper.


23 posted on 11/18/2011 4:18:41 PM PST by jessduntno ("They say the world has become too complex for simple answers... they are wrong." - RR)
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To: jessduntno

Remember Wisconsin


24 posted on 11/18/2011 4:19:18 PM PST by Judith Anne (For rhe sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.)
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To: All

Let me get this straight.

We pay federal taxes, they don’t pay any federal taxes.

And we still don’t pay our “fair share”?


25 posted on 11/18/2011 4:20:01 PM PST by zipper (espions sur les occupants)
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To: Adder

“It would be even better if the Republicans forcefully ennunciated WHY more revenue is equal to more WASTE.”

Or if they demonstrated how “more revenue” through tax hikes always winds up being dramatically less revenue than expected, in reality.


26 posted on 11/18/2011 4:21:00 PM PST by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: All
I think I know what they want

sign at Occupy San Francisco Oct 16 2011.

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27 posted on 11/18/2011 4:24:58 PM PST by zipper (espions sur les occupants)
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To: Qbert

I think it’s time for the Americans in the TEA Party to “occupy” the occupies. We are going to have to fight for our country sooner or later. We might as well get the dance started.


28 posted on 11/18/2011 4:27:42 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Stop BIG Government Greed Now!!!!)
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To: Qbert
I think the organizers of OWS (obama was stupid) thought that they would just have to start the sit in and it would grow like the demonstrations in the 60s and like Tea Party did. They must be terribly disappointed. I think the Conservatives next move should be take over and occupy the Senate.
29 posted on 11/18/2011 4:42:44 PM PST by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: Qbert

30 posted on 11/18/2011 5:06:07 PM PST by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Qbert

Absolutely.


31 posted on 11/18/2011 5:24:56 PM PST by Adder (Say NO to the O in 2 oh 12)
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32 posted on 11/18/2011 5:53:21 PM PST by RedMDer (Forward With Confidence!)
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To: zipper

No pony?


33 posted on 11/18/2011 5:58:47 PM PST by denydenydeny (The moment you step into a world of facts, you step into a world of limits. --Chesterton)
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To: Adder

Adder said:
Hey, maybe Boehner can walk around outside with the gavel and laugh at them like Nazi P.
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But remember Nancy Pelosi and John Lewis claiming they were spat upon and called the N-word? Maybe the OWS crowd will not disappoint and live up to their past history and the congresscritters might even find themselves sh-t upon! Just remember, the Libs and DemoCraps love and fully endorse these degenerates!


34 posted on 11/18/2011 6:02:06 PM PST by navydad
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To: Adder

Boehner is a useless idiot. IMO


35 posted on 11/18/2011 6:39:06 PM PST by TribalPrincess2U (WE ARE AMERICA! DONATE TO FR MORE!)
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To: zipper
"Second Bill of Rights?"

Actually, these 6 items are a first "Bill of Entitlements."

Mark

37 posted on 11/18/2011 6:45:58 PM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Adder
Hey, maybe Boehner can walk around outside with the gavel and laugh at them like Nazi P

Are you kidding?

Confronted with a mob like this, the GOP leadership will cower in the corner.

Boehner and McConnell will disappear from public view. Asked for comment by the Sunday shows, they will agree that the mob has a point and they will plead for time to create a "bi-partisan response".

There is nothing wrong with the conservative movement -- except that it has no effective representation in Washington.

38 posted on 11/18/2011 7:08:48 PM PST by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance On Parade)
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To: Qbert

Conservatives will legitimately occupy congress after the 2012 elections.


39 posted on 11/18/2011 7:14:32 PM PST by Repeal The 17th
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To: Qbert

It will be interesting to see which sitting Members of Congress stand with them, address them on the Capitol steps. Too bad it’s not yet an election year. Hopefully they come back early next Fall.


40 posted on 11/18/2011 7:23:39 PM PST by EDINVA
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