House members returned to Washington on Tuesday and were greeted by members of Occupy Congress, who turned out on a drizzly day in Washington and were planning what they called teach-ins, pink slips for elected lawmakers and an “OCCUParty.” 
 
 A group of protestors could be seen via an Occupy web cam at about 10 a.m. in front of the U.S. Capitol, where House members were planning to reconvene at 2 p.m. 
 
 It wasn’t clear how many were attending but Washington DC police said that 75 protestors were marching toward the Capitol at about 9 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to Fox News. Traffic lanes were blocked. 
 
 In a release sent to reporters late Monday, the organizers linked members of Congress to the richest members of American society and said: “We came to show the 1%’s Congress what democracy looks like.” 
 
 “All ‘elected’ officials bought their way into gerrymandered seats with Wall Street money. These bankers’ henchmen have shown themselves both unwilling and unable to take on the tremendous, systemic issues in our country, our place in this world,” the group’s statement said. 
 
 Only half of the group’s intended audience was at the Capitol on Tuesday morning, however. The Senate doesn’t reconvene until next week. 
 
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 The rain isn’t delaying the events of a long-planned protest, Occupy Congress, by members of the Occupy Wall Street movement. 
 
 Their numbers aren’t as large as they initially indicated, but protesters involved with Occupy Congress are gathering outside the Capitol, waving signs and chanting against a barrier of police. 
 
 Update 6:23 p.m., from the Federal Eye blog: A panel of the House committee chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) plans to hold a hearing next week to probe public health and public safety concerns at the McPherson Square encampment of the Occupy D.C. movement. 
 
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 Update 3:06 p.m.: U.S. Capitol Police are now reporting only four arrests from today’s protests. One was charged with assaulting a police officer, the other three for crossing a police line. 
 
 Update 1:20 p.m.:At least six protesters have been arrested, one while trying to jump a police barricade, during Tuesday morning’s Occupy Congress protest, according to The Post’s Annie Gowen. Occupiers are planning protests inside House office buildings, including Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn, this afternoon. 
 
 A full rally is expected Tuesday at 6 p.m. 
 
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 WASHINGTON—"Occupy DC" protesters prepared to lead a march to the Capitol Tuesday as Congress returns from a winter break, the latest signal that the residents of a tent city here have no plans to go home. 
 
 But pressure was mounting on the Obama administration to evict the protesters from their encampment in a federal park, with the city's mayor citing unsanitary conditions last week in a request to have the protesters moved. 
 
 Until now the National Park Service has tolerated the occupiers, allowing them to sleep in a square where federal regulations explicitly prohibit camping. The policy is coming under ... ||||| As Congress returns from winter recess on Tuesday, lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be greeted by throngs of Occupy Wall Street protesters, who are trying to organize one of the largest gatherings that the movement has seen. 
 
 In a demonstration they are dubbing Occupy Congress organizers are hoping to see thousands gather on the National Mall for “a day of action against a corrupt political institution.” 
 
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 The protesters say Tuesday’s demonstrations will be peaceful, with general gatherings, an “OCCUParty” and marches around the nation’s capital planned throughout the day. Occupiers will kick off the morning by converging on the West Front Lawn at 9 a.m. 
 
 U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider confirmed to POLITICO last week that demonstrators had filed an application for a permit to demonstrate on the National Mall but said she could not share with the public the status of the application. Organizers said they would protest whether or not the application was approved.
– House members are returning from recess today, and Occupy protesters are braving the rain to yell at them. Protesters are already gathering on the National Mall for an event dubbed "Occupy Congress," the Washington Post reports. Though they were hoping to draw 2,000 to the event, so far they don't appear to have anywhere near that number. There's no firm count yet, but Washington police told Fox News that about 75 people were marching toward the Mall as of 9am. The Occupiers did submit a formal application for the event, but it's unclear if it was approved or not; organizers told Politico they'd protest either way. Many protesters will of course hail from Occupy DC, one of the few Occupy encampments still running. But the Wall Street Journal reports that pressure is building on the Obama administration to evict the campers, with DC Mayor Vincent Gray urging them to move over health and sanitation concerns.