Congress

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Chinese Communist Party chief and incoming President Xi Jinping walks back to his seat after cast his ballots during a plenary session of the National People's Congress held in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China, Thursday, March 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Alexander F. Yuan)

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**FILE** Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, speaks Jan. 24, 2013, during a news conference with a coalition of members of Congress, mayors, law enforcement officers, gun safety organizations and other groups on Capitol Hill in Washington to introduce legislation on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition feeding devices. (Associated Press)

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A rare, hand-copied draft of Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address goes on public view March 22 for six weeks at the Library of Congress. (Library of Congress)

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A rare, hand copied draft of the Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address will go on public view for six weeks at the Library of Congress. (Image from Library of Congress)

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In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivers the government work report during the opening meeting of the first session of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Lan Hongguang)

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Robin Kelly celebrates her special primary election win for Illinois' 2nd Congressional District, once held by Jesse Jackson Jr., over Debbie Halvorson, and Anthony Beale Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, in Matteson, Ill., After a primary campaign dominated by gun control and economic woes, voters chose Kelly, the likely replacement for Jesse Jackson Jr. Tuesday, three months after his legal troubles and battle with depression forced the son of the civil rights leader to resign from Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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President Obama, accompanied by first responders behind him, speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office building on the White House complex in Washington on Feb. 19, 2013, to urge Congress to come up with an alternative plan to avert automatic spending cuts set to kick in on March 1. (Associated Press)

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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (right), who is running for Congress, serves a drink to Andy Corriveau during the Celebrity Guest Employee Night at Fat Pattie's restaurant in Beaufort, S.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/The Beaufort Gazette, Jay Karr)