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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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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High ranking Transportation Department officials joined the American Public Transportation Association's annual legislative conference.  The day-long event addressed the need for funding and policies that support U.S. public transportation and rail systems.

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This week on Newsmakers, Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), talks about tax reform choices facing Congress, the future of Social Security & Medicare, and how Congress is addressing the sequester, the debt, and the U.S. economy.

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The National Press Club holds a news conference to discuss how the new healthcare laws are taking shape in the states during a Newsmakers' event titled "Obamacare on the Ground."

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DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano addressed cybersecurity issues at a joint hearing of the Senate Commerce Commmittee and the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

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Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA) chaired a House Oversight Committee hearing on spending practices in the Departments of Education and Transportation.

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The National Association for Business Economics holds its annual policy conference, featuring speakers from business, the government and the Federal Reserve.

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