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"Several hundred union and other progressive activists sought to capitalize on the growing "Occupy Wall Street" protests Wednesday, holding a rally on Capitol Hill to demand new public spending on job creation and an end to federal budget cuts.
The rally, led by former White House clean energy adviser Van Jones, highlighted growing liberal frustration with a public policy agenda increasingly dominated by deficit reduction efforts as opposed to more traditional economic stimulus measures.
A number of progressive Democrats are hoping to use the growing protests on Wall Street and elsewhere to energize the party's base in advance of the 2012 elections.
They are also hoping to build new momentum for President Barack Obama's stalled $447 billion jobs bill.
"The progressive movement is on the upswing," declared Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minnesota. "We are not going to stop. We are going to get the justice we deserve."
The boisterous crowd responded with a series of chants, including "What's disgusting? Union busting!" and "Hey hey, ho ho, Speaker Boehner's got to go.""
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