See what the press is saying about AFP's November Speaks Rally at the Capitol today:

Conservatives warn GOP lawmakers, Politico.

As freshmen lawmakers continued their orientation inside the Capitol, Americans for Prosperity was outside, in part, celebrate their victory in November, but also to remind lawmakers that they’re watching for any missteps away from conservative principals.

Senate Republican Leader Agrees to Ban Earmarks, Fox News.

McConnell's turnaround comes as the newly elected freshman class -- comprised of 94 members of which 85 are Republican -- toured the Capitol and heard from future colleagues about the ways of Washington.

But in breakout sessions organized by Tea Party favorites Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., Reps. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Mike Pence, R-Ind., new congressmen-elect joined with Tea Party-backed Americans for Prosperity in calling for a two-year moratorium on earmarks.

DeMint ‘Optimistic’ on Earmark Ban, National Review Online.

Sen. Jim DeMint, speaking to hundreds gathered outside the Capitol today for a “November Speaks” rally hosted by Americans for Prosperity, said that tomorrow’s Republican Conference vote on an earmark moratorium would be a crucial indicator as to whether members fully understood the message delivered by the American people on Nov. 2.

Bachmann Decries ‘Gangster Government’ at Rally Outside Capitol, Business Week.

Americans for Prosperity, a Republican-leaning group opposed to what it calls wasteful government spending, sponsored the event today to spotlight its agenda of tax cuts, curbing spending on lawmakers’ pet projects and other issues lawmakers are to address.

Leading House Tea Partier OK with pending health bills, The Hill.

Bachmann made the comments at an event organized by the conservative group Americans for Prosperity that called on lawmakers "not to pass any new legislation from the Left's agenda in the Lame Duck session." The two bills have broad bipartisan support but Tea Party concerns with government intrusion had raised the possibility that conservatives could be potential spoilers.

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