The Hill: Protesters to jam K Street Monday


Thousands of protesters are expected to march on K Street on Monday in support of financial regulatory reform legislation.

About 2,000 people from 20 states are expected to hold a series of demonstrations against lobbying firms in area of Washington where lobbyists have their offices, according to a release by several labor unions.

The unions, which recently gathered 10,000 members to march on Wall Street and at banks around the country, are marching in protest of Wall Street leaders "spending more than $1.4 million a day fighting Wall Street reform." Union leaders say financial firms have hired more than 1,500 lobbyists to fight the legislation under consideration in the Senate.

Several Wall Street firms, including Goldman Sachs and Citigroup, have said they support efforts to tighten regulations.

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