Washington ( CNN ) -- A damp and enthusiastic crowd of self-proclaimed `` Tea Party patriots '' gathered at the U.S. Capitol building Sunday for a second straight September 12 march on Washington . The collection of disparate groups and individuals , all supportive of the Tea Party movement , came together to protest what they consider to be out-of-control spending , excessive taxes and a government run amok . Under the theme of `` Remember in November '' -- a reference to the upcoming mid-term congressional elections -- they warned both Democrats and Republicans that it was time for the American people to take back Congress . `` There 's only one power on Earth that is big enough to wreck this country , and that 's big government , '' said former House leader Dick Armey , chairman of the FreedomWorks group that organized the rally . Quoting the film character Dirty Harry Callahan , Armey said `` a man 's got to know his limitations , '' and added that it was time for the government to know its limitations . `` I believe we 've gotten the Republican Party 's attention , '' Armey said in reference to primary election victories by Tea Party backed candidates over mainstream GOP foes in Kentucky , Alaska and other states . Tea Party activists hope for similar success in Delaware on Tuesday , throwing their support behind candidate Christine O'Donnell in a GOP Senate primary against Rep. Mike Castle . Before Sunday 's rally , activists marched along Pennsylvania Avenue from the Washington Monument to the steps of the capitol building despite gray skies and persistent rain . Signs reflected their socially conservative views , with some marchers carrying the Revolutionary War-era banner of a coiled snake and the slogan `` Do n't Tread on Me , '' while other placards read `` Less Marx , More Jefferson '' and `` Big Government is Organized Crime . '' `` Here we are in a battle for our lives and a battle for the future of this republic , '' FreedomWorks Director of State and Federal Campaigns Brendan Steinhauser told the crowd assembled before the march . Sunday 's protest was the second September 12 rally in Washington , following a similar event last year . `` Only a few weeks before this important November election , send one more final message to the folks down the street in that dome behind us , '' Steinhauser encouraged the marchers . `` ... We 're tired of the way they 've been acting in Congress . We 're tired what the president has been doing and we 've been telling them this for over two years . '' As the march proceeded , a few hecklers along Pennsylvania Avenue taunted activists , yelling that they were missing in action when the Bush administration added to the nation 's debt . Other hecklers urged Tea Party activists to go home . At the rally , the mention of top Democrats including President Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prompted loud booing from the mostly white , middle-aged crowd .
Rally proceeds in rainy weather . Signs , chants call for smaller government , constitutional rights . Comment: