Wednesday, January 18, 2012

'Occupy Congress

  • A diverse crowd of hundreds from around the country descended on Capitol Hill Tuesday as the Occupy movement tried to get its point across to a Congress returning from a long recess.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Organizers had touted Tuesdays rally, known as Occupy Congress, as the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date and secured a permit that would have allowed up to 10,000 people to participate.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • Organizers had touted the rally, known as Occupy Congress, as the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date and secured a permit that would have allowed up to 10,000 people to participate.
  • (FOX News)
  • To mark the occasion, protest groups from more than a dozen different cities gathered on the Capitol lawn for the first ever Occupy Congress demonstration. NPRs Andrea Seabrook has our story.
  • (NPR News)
  • UPDATE: The Atlantic Wire now reports arrests have begun. Thousands of protesters under the banner of Occupy Congress are expected to converge on Capitol Hill today in what they hope will be the largest Occupy gathering.
  • (Common Dreams)
  • Less than a year from its inception, the far-left Occupy Wall Street movement is already sputtering. Many liberal big-city mayors have ejected protestors from their campsites and their donations have dried up.
  • (News Busters)
  • Randy Neugebauer's office. Melissa Borrett of the Lubbock group said the five members of the group were participating in a national day of action on behalf of Occupy Congress.
  • (Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
  • WASHINGTON (RNN) - Four people have been arrested in front of the nations Capitol building, where Occupy protesters are rallying against lawmakers who are returning to Washington with their lowest approval ratings in three years.
  • (Eyewitness News)
  • As Occupy Wall Streets big Occupy Congress protest action swells, capitol police have started arresting people and a standoff has developed with protesters taunting them by crossing lines in what observers are comparing to Frogger and Red Rover.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Police arrested four protesters after a few hundred people gathered outside the U.S. Capitol building for an "Occupy Congress" demonstration today.
  • (Businessweek)

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