Members of Occupy Washington, DC and Occupy the Highway (occupiers who walked to DC from NYC) are in the Hart Building protesting the super committee.  They are mic-checking the failure of the committee and demonstrating how the deficit problem can be easily solved by taxing the rich and cutting the military.  Further they call for rebuilding the economy, creating millions of jobs and strengthening the social safety net.  Occupiers are inside and outside the Hart Building.

According to the 99%'s Deficit Reduction Plan the American people need a real jobs bill, not one that is merely a political tactic for an election year. We also need a truly progressive tax system—one that taxes wealth more and workers less. The poorest Americans pay taxes on necessities like food and clothing, so why is it that neither party urges a tax on the purchase of stocks, bonds and derivatives—a tax that could raise $800 billion over a decade? And finally, we need an end to the wars and militarism maintained and expanded by both parties, bringing huge profits to the arms industry and immense suffering to millions.