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** FILE ** Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill, speaks during a "United we Dream" rally on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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In this Jan. 29, 2014, photo, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on current and projected national security threats against the U.S. Clapper, said this week that the loss of state secrets as a result of leaks by former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden was the worst in American history. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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** FILE ** Attorney General Eric Holder pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, before the Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, the day after President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in Washington, as Vice President Joe Biden, and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, applaud. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)
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** FILE ** This May 9, 2012, file photo shows Rep. Michael Grimm, R-N.Y., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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Duck Dynasty's Willie Robertson, center and his wife Korie, talk with Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., before President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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**FILE** Sen. Richard Burr, North Carolina Republican, talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 9, 2013. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 17, 2013, file photo, Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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**FILE** Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, the Democratic Policy Committee chairman, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, meet with reporters to urge passage of legislation to restore unemployment insurance benefits which expired Dec. 28, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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** FILE ** In this Dec. 17, 2013, file photo, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Brian Darling of Washington, D.C., takes his two daughters Julie, 5, and Kathleen, 2, sledding on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building as snow accumulates in the Washington region, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Voting Rights Act in Washington in July, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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File - In this Aug. 9, 2013 file photo, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai presents his dissent during a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing at the FCC in Washington. Pai is asking the nation’s largest hotel chains whether they require guests to dial 9 before 911 in the wake of a Texas girl’s struggle to call for help while her mother was being stabbed.(AP Photo/Susan Walsh, file)
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** FILE ** Rep. James Moran, Virginia Democrat, sits at his desk in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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"This decision is a blow to the principles of fairness and competition that our innovation economy is built on," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, Washington Democrat. "[T]his ruling puts the reins of power in the hands of telecom conglomerates, allowing them to create fast and slow lanes on a tiered Internet." (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this March 7, 2013, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pauses while questioning a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing on anti-money laundering on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
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** FILE ** In this June 15, 2013, file photo, Sarah Palin speaks during the Faith and Freedom Coalition Road to Majority 2013 conference in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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President Barack Obama offers a toast during a State Dinner for British Prime Minister David Cameron during a State Dinner at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Then-Secretary of Defense Robert Gates testifies regarding the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 15, 2011. (Associated Press) ** FILE **
