Vice President Joe Biden Meets With Groups To Develop Proposals On Gun Violence

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On Dec. 19, 2012, President Barack Obama asked Vice President Joe Biden to lead an effort, including members of the Cabinet and outside organizations, to develop a set of policy proposals in response to the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. The Vice President, members of the Cabinet and White House staff conducted 22 different meetings with 229 different organizations, and had conversations with more than 31 elected officials.

President Barack Obama listens to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan during a meeting in Vice President Joe Biden's West Wing office at the White House, Dec. 17, 2012. The President dropped by the Vice President's meeting to discuss the Administration’s effort to develop policy proposals in response to the tragedy in Newtown, Conn. Pictured, clockwise from the President, are: the Vice President; Attorney General Eric Holder; Margaret Richardson, Counselor to the Attorney General for Executive Branch Relations; Sarah Bianchi, Director of Economic and Domestic Policy for the Vice President; and Eric Waldo, Deputy Chief of Staff for Sec. Duncan. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

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