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NBC News:

Capitol Police moved swiftly to stop protesters unfurling banners at a U.S. Senate office building in Washington, D.C.

Members of the Occupy DC protest, a demonstration that arose out of the larger Occupy Wall Street protests, marched on the Hart building on Tuesday morning.

Protesters gained entrance to the Hart building’s atrium and dropped two banners, one reading “End War Now” and the other “People for the People.”

NBC News reports as soon as demonstrators unfurled their signs, Capitol Police placed them under arrest. At least six have been arrested for unlawful conduct — demonstrating. Dozens of other demonstrators ran through the building’s upper levels chanting and waving smaller signs.

The offices of Democrat senators Dianne Feinstein and Harry Reid are located inside the Hart building, as well as Republican Marco Rubio.

Second story:

Police arrested six protesters Tuesday who surged into a Senate office building in Washington, chanting slogans for about 15 minutes before officers intervened.

“Six demonstrators were arrested in the Hart Senate Office Building by the US Capitol Police and charged with unlawful conduct by demonstrating in a Capitol building,” a police spokeswoman told AFP.

“They are currently being processed” at the headquarters of the Capitol Police, which has jurisdiction over the buildings that house the US Senate and House of Representatives.

The snap protest was spearheaded by members of Stop the Machine, an anti-war coalition that carried live video of the demonstration inside the atrium of the Hart building on its website.

“We win! One hundred percent success!” one of the protesters said to the camera, claiming that the snap demonstration had resulted in a “lock down” of all Senate offices.

“We voiced our opinion, that we are the 99 percent, that we are against war,” added another protester, Leah Bolger, a former US Navy commander who is vice president of Veterans for Peace.

Stop the Machine has been occupying Freedom Plaza near the White House since Thursday. A second, younger group called Occupy DC, an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street, has been in downtown McPherson Square since October 1.