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    • President Obama’s gun control initiatives: Will they work?

      By | Power Players – 9 hrs ago

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      On Wednesday President Obama announced a new plan aimed at toughening gun laws in America. The plan consists of a series of legislative proposals and executive actions and it represents the biggest push for gun control in the nation in decades.

      Many of you had questions about the specifics of the plan and what it will mean.

      Michelle Kuhlman tweeted: “Everyone is talking about gun control for people buying guns, but what are the plans for all the black market guns?”

      Kate Potter wrote in on Facebook: “I would like to hear more about the laws he mentioned concerning mental health.”

      Patti Maxfield asked: “The Constitution of the United States states that Americans have the right to bear arms. How is it that an Executive Order can violate our Constitution and be okay?”

      And Alex M tweeted: “Will Pres give in now on debt ceiling/spending to garner support for gun control proposals?”

      Thanks for the great questions. Please keep them coming on Twitter and on Facebook and be sure to

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    • In his second term, Obama could take a tip from Jefferson

      By Jonathan Karl, Richard Coolidge, Jordyn Phelps & Sherisse Pham | Power Players – 17 hrs ago

      Politics Confidential

      With his second inauguration just a few days away, Jon Meacham has some advice for President Obama: Take a lesson from your long since deceased predecessor Thomas Jefferson.

      Meacham, author of Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, says one of the keys to Jefferson's success was that he built personal relationships with senators and members of Congress. He says Obama "has not been particularly good at this."

      Every night Congress was in session, Jefferson would invite members to the White House for dinner and managed to forge friendships with even some of his staunchest critics.

      "He wanted to weave attachments," says Meacham. "There's a wonderful story about a New England Senator from New Hampshire, a federalist, who came in 1803 two years into Jefferson's term believing Jefferson to be evil incarnate. And he came to dinner so much that by the end of the term they're exchanging pecan recipes."

      In gaining personal friendships within Congress, Meacham says Jefferson

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    • Congressman, survivor of Tucson shooting, says Gabby Giffords will personally lobby members of Congress on gun legislation

      By Rick Klein, Olivier Knox, Richard Coolidge, Jordyn Phelps & Sherisse Pham | Power Players – Wed, Jan 16, 2013

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      Congressman Ron Barber, D-Ariz., a survivor of the Tucson shooting that severely injured former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, says Giffords plans to personally lobby her former colleagues on gun legislation as it makes its way through Congress.

      Giffords and her husband Commander Mark Kelly "will be making visits to members of Congress and will be trying to -- in a one-on-one relationship and meeting -- lay out their case,” says Barber, Giffords' former aide and successor. Barber was shot twice in the shooting that injured Giffords. “Their effort, I think, to keep this issue alive in the public arena is very important, and I know that is a large part of what they want to do.”

      On Tuesday, Barber introduced a bill calling for expanded mental health services. He is optimistic that other gun control measures can get bipartisan support, including stricter background checks and limiting access to high capacity magazines.

      "This is a very personal issue with me," says

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