New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte — famous for her no vote on gun background checks — tells her supporters she needs their money to fight on. Here’s a portion of a recent email:

With the help of the liberal media, Michael Bloomberg and Barack Obama are doing everything [...]

Francine Wheeler, mother of Benjamin, will take President Obama’s place in the weekly radio address from the White House. It’s further evidence of the prominent lobbying role that some families from Newtown are playing in the Congressional gun control debate.

A spokesman for the president says:

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A White House spokesman released the following statement and accompanying picture today:

Today, following the Senate’s cloture vote, President Obama spoke by phone with family members of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary tragedy who are in Washington, DC, to ask Congress to pass common-sense measures to reduce gun violence. The President congratulated [...]