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President Barack Obama stands with Vice President Joe Biden as he makes a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room about policies he will pursue following the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden (left) listens as President Obama gestures as he talks about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations during a news conference in the briefing room of the White House on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, in Washington. Mr. Obama also announced that Mr. Biden will lead an administrationwide effort to curb gun violence in response to the Connecticut school shootings. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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A child peers through firefighters standing as the procession heads to the cemetery outside the funeral for school shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service. Barden, 7, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Firefighters stand as the procession heads to the cemetery outside the funeral for school shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service. Barden, 7, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Firefighters stand as the procession heads to the cemetery outside the funeral for school shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service. Barden, 7, was killed when Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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South Korean National Election Commission officials sort out ballots cast in the presidential election as they begin the counting process in Seoul on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. South Koreans voting for president Wednesday were almost evenly divided between the conservative daughter of a late dictator and the liberal son of North Korean refugees, according to surveys released after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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South Korean National Election Commission officials sort out ballots cast in the country's presidential election as they begin the counting process in Seoul on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. South Koreans voting for president Wednesday were almost evenly divided between the conservative daughter of a late dictator and the liberal son of North Korean refugees, according to surveys released after the polls closed. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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South Koreans wait in line to cast their votes in a presidential election at a polling station in Seoul on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Huge crowds turned out to vote in the tight presidential race pitting the son of North Korean refugees against the conservative daughter of a late dictator. (AP Photo/Yonhap, Kim Ju-sung)

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A child lines up with firefighters outside the funeral for school shooting victim Daniel Gerard Barden,at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Newtown, Conn., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. According to firefighters, Daniel wanted to be a firefighter when he grew up and they honored him at the service. Gunman Adam Lanza opened fire killing 26 people, including 20 children, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown before killing himself on Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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A van with a sign reading "carrying school children", center left, drives behind a police vehicle through a main road in the Sandy Hook village of Newtown, Conn., as the strong media presence is felt in the aftermath of the elementary school shooting that shocked the small, quiet town, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. News about the shooting spread quickly across the world, prompting media outlets to set camp in the small town. The gunman, Adam Lanza, walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14, and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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A Newtown resident who identified himself only as Andrew, holds roses as he visits a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, walks away from the podium after speaking to reporters following the Republican policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. McConnell is flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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A Newtown resident who identified himself only as Andrew, holds roses as he visits a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012, in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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“If GOP House members cave on raising taxes, conservative grass-roots activists won’t forget about it during the next elections,” says Ned Ryun, president of American Majority Action. (American Majority Action)

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Cars are parked in the lot outside the Dick's Sporting Goods store in Cranberry, Pa., on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012. The sporting goods chain says it's suspending sales of modern rifles nationwide because of the school shooting in Connecticut. They also say it's removing all guns from display at its store closest to Newtown, where the massacre took place. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) ** FILE **