The culmination of a week of protests and actions calling on Congress to create good jobs, stop cutting public services, and make big corporations and the rich pay their fair share, a crowd of thousands marched to Speaker Boehner’s office in Longworth House Office Building and attempted to meet with the Speaker to make sure that he hears from the 99%, not just the 1%.
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Day 3: The 99% Take Over K Street
On Day 3, activists and unemployed workers swarmed K Street, the lobbying center for the world’s most powerful corporations, to track down those responsible for crashing the economy and causing millions of 99%-ers to lose their jobs and homes–while failing to pay their fair share of taxes.
Read the live blog updates from the day at: seiu.me/99day3
Day 2: Take Back the People’s House
Check out photos from Day 2. 99ers from dozens of states fanned out to congressional offices to remind members of Congress that the Capitol is the People’s House, and demand that they represent the 99%.
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