As the Occupy movement heads into its fourth month in the District, protesters are preparing for a major demonstration on Capitol Hill in mid-January. Dubbed “Occupy Congress,” the planned Jan. 17 protest bears some similarities to Take Back the Capital, a labor union-backed protest that included a camp out on the National Mall in early December. But this protest has been embraced by Occupy DC, which has taken the lead in organizing it and plans to host thousands of protesters who they said would converge on D.C. on the day Congress returns to work.

Occupiers want to tell Congress that “our elected officials are no longer representing the people” and protest the prevalence of money in politics, said participant Mario Lozada of Philadelphia. Participants plan to host sit-ins at congressional offices and are applying for a permit that would allow up to 10,000 people to march on the Capitol.