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Mar 27, 5:26 PM EDT

Biden says gun control votes 'only the beginning'

By NEDRA PICKLER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden said

Wednesday the expected upcoming Senate votes

on gun control are only the beginning of the White

House's fight.

The fate of gun control legislation is unclear. A vote

on a Senate bill, including expanded background

checks and harsher penalties for gun trafficking, is

expected next month.

The White House also has been pushing for limits

on military-style assault weapons and

high-capacity magazines, but those provisions

won't be part of the Senate bill. Instead they are tobe offered as amendments, and Senate Majority

Leader Harry Reid says they don't have enough

support to pass.

"That doesn't mean this is the end of the process.

This is the beginning of the process," Biden said

during a conference call organized by Mayors Against Illegal Guns pushing for the gun control

measures.

"The American people are way ahead of their political leaders," Biden

argued. "And we, the president and I and the mayors, intend to stay

current with the American people."

The conference call included thousands of gun control supporters ahead

of Thursday's National Day to Demand Action organized by the mayors

group and other gun control proponents. Organizers said more than 140events were scheduled in 29 states, timed to reach lawmakers while

they are in their home districts on spring break.

President Barack Obama was planning an event in the White House East

Room with mothers who support gun control, victims of violence and

law enforcement officials.

Biden says his office is in touch with congressional offices every day, making the case for the

legislation in the wake of the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school in December that killed 20

students and six staff trying to keep the children safe.

"The courage that was demonstrated by those teachers, we don't expect the same amount of courage

from our elected officials," Biden said. "But Lord's sake, we do expect them to have the courage to

stand up and take responsible action to end this senseless violence."

Biden was optimistic for the fate of the background check provision.

"I think we're on the verge of getting a serious thorough universal background check system in place,"

Biden said. "And it will, emphasize it will, save lives."

But the White House seems to be acknowledging the assault weapons ban and limit on magazines are

not likely to make it. Biden mentioned it as well in the call, repeating that it's just the beginning for

the issue for the White House. "We believe that weapons of war have no place on our streets," Biden

said.

Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Wednesday that after all the president has pushed for

an assault weapons ban, having a vote on an amendment represents progress.

"I can't stand here and guarantee that it's going to pass, but it is a question that 100 senators are

going to ask themselves when they wake up in the morning and look themselves in the mirror about

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whether or not they are going to - about which side they're going to be on when it comes to voting on

a ban on military-style assault weapons," Earnest said. "And the president will certainly continue to

advocate for senators to support that ban."

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