Capitol staff told to try to work from home as People's Convoy arrives

Congressional staff have been told to work from home or book a hotel room paid for by their taxpayer funded office as the roughly 1,000-vehicle moves moves to jam the 64-mile highway surrounding Washington D.C. for the second day in a row.

The cavalcade of semi-trucks, recreational vehicles and cars on Monday will make one loop around the Beltway - the circular stretch of I-495 that connects Virginia, and D.C. - and occupy two lanes of traffic in an effort to put an end to mandates and what the protesters describe as 'government overreach'. The group first circled the highway on Sunday in one lane and brought traffic to a standstill.

'Hey DC, if you weren’t sure from yesterday just how BIG we are, here’s your chance to get a second look! Oh and PS, we are growing by the minute!!' Kris Young, admin of the convoy's Facebook page, wrote Monday morning before the group departed from Hagerstown, Maryland. 'We will hold the line! YOU WORK FOR US!'