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  • Occupy protesters rally against Congress at Capitol ["Face it liberals, the Dems sold us out,"]

    01/17/2012 10:35:13 AM PST · by Sub-Driver · 17 replies
    Occupy protesters rally against Congress at Capitol Photo 12:56pm EST By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Demonstrators from the Occupy movement rallied outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to protest against the influence of money on Congress. In a sign of renewed vigor for the Occupy movement, which staged protests in many U.S. cities last fall, several hundred protesters gathered on the Capitol's West Front Lawn to greet members of Congress returning from a holiday break with a day of rallies and protests they said would include attempts to occupy lawmakers' offices. Occupy protesters from around the country who gathered...
  • Occupy Congress: Could it be politics as unusual? (Obama supported Occupy wants more freebies)

    01/17/2012 4:14:23 AM PST · by tobyhill · 8 replies
    msnbc ^ | 1/17/2012 | Miranda Leitsinger
    Thousands of Occupy protesters from across the country are expected to converge Tuesday on Capitol Hill to take their message to the halls of Congress, in what some observers say is the movement’s overdue moment to engage the American political system. Protesters already have set up camps in public spaces, taken over foreclosed homes and shut down key shipping ports, but for the most part they have shunned the political system, viewing it as beyond salvation. The congressional protest – which falls on the movement's four-month mark and the beginning of a new session of Congress – appears to represent...