Whether Permit Is Approved Or Not, ‘Occupy Congress’ Will Still Happen On National Mall In January
Monday, January 2, 2012 at 11:54PM 
One of the biggest conservative criticisms of the Occupy Wall Street movement is that it has been too focused on protesting corporations and not focused enough on protesting Congress. Well, OWS protestors are now calling for a massive occupation of the National Mall when Congress returns from its winter recess on January 17th. The Occupy movement has been revitalized by recent outrages over the National Defense Authorization Act and the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act.
The group’s official Facebook page not only provides information about what they will be protesting, but transportation information for Occupiers all over the country to convene on the mall together. But this week, the Occupy Congress movement took another step towards organizing the protest by applying for a permit to camp out on the National Mall. The group posted a copy of the permit to the Facebook page. The permit states that the protest would be held from 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM, and the purpose of the protest would be to organize “peaceful 1st Amendment demonstrations including holding signs and group speaking.”
As of Wednesday, the National Park Service said they had not received the application, but an update to the group’s Facebook page on Thursday said the Interior Department had confirmed receiving it. However, if the permit is denied, it will not necessarily stop the protest from happening. From the Facebook page:
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