FBI Director Robert Mueller urged Congress on Wednesday to renew wide-ranging surveillance authority to thwart terrorism plots like the latest one in which an al-Qaida-engineered explosive device was to have been detonated on a U.S. bound airline flight. Mueller told the House Judiciary Committee the FBI is examining the device and said the scheme hatched in Yemen demonstrates that it's essential for Congress to reauthorize counter-terrorism tools enacted in 2008. Some of these programs expire at year-end.

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On March 3, 1913 - the day before President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration - over 5000 women paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House in a demonstration for the right to vote. American History TV attended a centennial celebration of the event and interviewed organizers, participants, and historians about the women’s suffrage movement. The aniversary event was organized by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, whose original 22 founders marched in the parade.

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Open for business in 1861 and located about six blocks from the capitol building, the United States Government Printing Office still prints the Congressional Record each day that the House and Senate are in session. We visited to learn the history of GPO and to see some of their historic printing jobs, including the "Official Records of the War of the Rebellion," which took twenty years to print, and the twenty-seven volume "Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy."

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Senate Budget Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) released her 2014 budget resolution for mark up Wednesday. It included significant tax increases on top of the $620 billion tax hike from the fiscal cliff deal.

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The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel holds a hearing on Sexual Assault in the Military, including testimony from victims and military officials.

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The Senate Commerce Cmte. hosts a hearing looking at the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). All commissioners, including FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski testified. The committee looks at the issues facing the commission. including country wide broadband access.

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The Senate Judiciary Committee last week passed a bill on gun trafficking largely along party lines.Today, the Committee continues its work on marking up additional gun legislation.

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President Obama's financial regulator nominees went before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday for consideration to lead the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) and the the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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The Senate Armed Services Cmte. took a look at the U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command with testimony by General  Robert Kehler, Commander, U.S. Strategic Command and General Keith Alexander, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command. They reviewed the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2014 and Future Years.

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The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee held a meeting on Internet piracy and copyrights, to discuss the alerts that Internet Service Providers will soon be sending to users whose accounts have been used to download copyrighted material.

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