Via the magic that is Twitter and Qik, we're being treated to a front-row seat to what is in all likelihood a congressional first -- members of the House refusing to leave the floor, and inviting reporters, tourists, and staffers to join the party. At issue are legislative proposals to allow domestic offshore oil drilling, and Republicans are staging the protest to demand that the House take up issue. We'll point you to some coverage of this on-going situation:

• Rep. John Culberson is, naturally both tweeting and Qikking the situation. And several other congresspeople -- including Rep. Mike Pence, Rep. Mike Rogers, Rep. Rob Bishop -- have jumped on Culberson's account to tweet their own messages.
• Follow along with the hashtag #dontgo.
• Press coverage: guardian.co.uk, WaPo Capitol Briefing, Fox News, and Politico.

DC doesn't quite seem to know what to make of this one-of-a-kind situation, and, of course, new social technologies like Qik and Twitter make it all the more ground-breaking. What do you make of the protest and how news of it is filtering out online?