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Fox News is on the Washington Protest story. Not so many news outlets.

Alexa Shrugged has a great story about What I Saw At the #dontgo Revolution.

I'm so envious of her experience - unfortunately, I have commitments, and cannot travel to Washington, DC.

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Day 3 has passed, and the Republican Refuseniks are still standing strong.

At times on Tuesday, the third day of the Republican protest, nearly all of the chamber's 435 seats were filled with members, constituents, and tourists as lawmakers tried their best to project their voices without microphones to be heard.

“One woman told me she had driven two and a half hours just to be here,” said Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.

Monday, the Capitol police attempted to bar people who were visiting the Capitol building from entering the normally closed corridor leading to the Republican cloakroom, a tiny railroad-car type of an anteroom with a tiny kitchenette that leads onto the rear of the House floor.

So members of Congress went roaming the halls of the neighboring congressional office buildings, and personally escorted groups of constituents onto the floor so they could hear the Republican protest firsthand.

“Welcome to the people’s house,” Hensarling said when his turn came to speak in the well of the House on Tuesday.

Mother Jones Puts Her 2 Cents In

...and, as usual, that's considerably more than it's worth.

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From CNN.com:

"We'll continue at least this week," said Rep. Tom Price, R-Georgia. "Then we'll see what we know."

Price said 24 congressmen returned to the Capitol for Monday's session.

Rep. Mike Pence, R-Indiana, said that 40 Republican members are committed to rotate in shifts throughout the week. Asked how long they'll be there, he said, "We'll be here as long as we can."

Some details on the protest:

Reporters and Republicans found themselves attempting electronic gymnastics, trying to contort around House rules that prevent recording on the chamber floor when the House is out of session.

GOP congressmen were quickly turning to new technology, with lawmakers sending updates on the blogging site Twitter and Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, uploading video interviews he conducted with fellow representatives just outside the Republican cloakroom.

Tire guages were handed out by a staffer, as a pointed commentary on Obama's remarks about saving energy by inflating tires properly. Go here to get the Official Obama Energy Plan Guage.

Washington Revolt

Update: The protest may NOT be over.

Another story on Monday's actions.

I hadn't heard anything on TV - I was not home when the early news was on, and I went to bed early. But, FoxNews covered it.

Great article on why this all matters. Kristen Soltis, like me, is excited about the bottom-up way this protest came to fruition. It's a real example of The People taking control - how American!