I wish to add my two cents as follows:
To the Columnists who wrote of protests during the STOU and of Limbaugh's caller who talked of laying off employees.
There's an approach to this D.C. problem I've not seen explored and it would have a devastating impact. It starts with a suggestion from the Vietnam anti-war era playbook.
In May of 1971, the tactic intended to be employed by marchers against the war was to arrive in Washington, fill the streets, make passage impossible and thereby shut down
Washington, D.C. [Mind you, I'm not endorsing the group of that era, just reciting a fact.] The motto was: "If the Government Won't Stop the War - We'll Stop the Government."