The Congressional Gun Violence Prevention Task Force held a hearing on the steps that Congress can take to reduce gun violence, while respecting 2nd Amendment rights.

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Local government officials appear alongside Janet Robinson, Superintendent of Schools for Newtown, Connecticut, to discuss what can be done to prevent future gun violence.

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Following recommendations presented to him by VP Joe Biden, Pres. Obama announced at the White House his proposals to reduce gun violence. The President is calling for a $500 million program to curb gun violence. He said he wants to strengthen the background check system, allow schools to hire more resource officers, and review emergency response plans.

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Government officials and policy experts wrapped up a two-day conference at Johns Hopkins University on reducing gun violence. The event  concluded Tuesday with an afternoon press conference.

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Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) hosted a gun violence prevention public forum in Santa Rosa, California, Thursday.  A wide-range of issues were discussed by federal and local officials.

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Vice President Joe Biden, along with cabinet members and White House officials, met with law enforcement leaders in Washington to discuss ways to curb gun violence.  The Gun Violence Task Force, led by the vice president, is charged with delivering legislative proposals by January as part of the Administration’s response to the school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut and other tragedies.

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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) led a group of House Democrats in a news conference promoting bills that would ban assault weapons and high-capacity clips as well as other possible changes to gun laws.  Most of the members who spoke either lost a relative to gun violence or were shot themselves.    

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The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence held a press conference to highlight a firearms control letter to Congress and the White House.

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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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