If the patriots had marched and protested back on Dec. 16, 1773 (Boston Tea Party) like we do today there never would have been a Revolutionary War. Polititians don’t care about marchs on D.C. The only thing they might and I say might understand is a tax revolt. What happened on Dec. 16, 1773 wasn’t a tea party. It was a tax revolt.
In the words of the senile old racist Robert Byrd: “Today I weep for my country.”
This thing will pass the Senate, no problem. Why? Because the politicians know there will be no consequences. Don’t be so naive to believe our votes will matter in a year. There will be some manufactured crisis (crises) or more free sh*t to rally the sheeple around Father and his minions, or they’ll just ACORN the vote. America as we knew it ceased to exist in November 2006 and got worse in November 2008.
It's true that the politicians can ignore the marches themselves. As events the marches are more useful in attracting people to your cause by showing that a large number of people believe something and if you believe it, too, then you can join a large group to support what you believe in.
The fruits of the Tea Party Patriot marches aren't the marches, the fruits are the melting of the phone banks, the increased daily activism and the votes in the ballot boxes by an increasingly large and "extremist mob." ;0)