DC ‘Occupiers’ arrested on Capitol Hill

Published October 13, 2011 4:00am ET



Federal taxpayers won’t just be paying to replace the new sod the occupiers are killing with their tents in McPherson Square. They’ll also be paying for meals at the D Street jail on Capitol Hill, Roll Call reports:

For the second time this week, protesters with the Occupy DC and Stop the Machine movements have shut down a Congressional office building.
Around 10 a.m. today, dozens of the anti-war demonstrators gathered in the Rayburn Building to disrupt a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey were testifying.

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