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Happening now: President Obama delivers a statement on the fiscal cliff from the Press Briefing Room. Watch live:

At 5:00 p.m. ET, President Obama will deliver a statement on the fiscal cliff from the Press Briefing Room. Watch:

After , people are calling for action to reduce gun violence. The President & VP are listening & taking action:

At 1:30 p.m. ET, President Obama will make a personnel announcement in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Watch:

Hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions on reducing gun violence. President Obama responds:

20 beautiful children & 6 remarkable adults. Together, we will carry on & make our country worthy of their memory. -bo

"We hear you…Here's what I think we should do" -President Obama on petitions about reducing gun violence:

The President’s priority is to ensure taxes don’t go up on 98% of Americans; will work w/ Congress to get it done

Obama won the debate: A year ago the GOP wouldn't close a loophole for corprate jets, today they break arms to raise taxes on millionaires.

The facts about Republicans' "Plan B": 25 million working middle-class families would pay $1,000 more in taxes:

Today, VP Biden convened the first of many meetings w/ stakeholders, staff & Cabinet to develop policy proposals following Newtown tragedy.

The facts about Republicans' "Plan B": The wealthy get tax cuts, while the middle class foots the bill:

"If there is even one thing that we can do to prevent any of these events, we have a deep obligation—all of us—to try." —President Obama

"The fact that this problem is complex can no longer be an excuse for doing nothing." —President Obama:

"If we're going to change things, it's going to take a wave of Americans."-President Obama on preventing gun violence:

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