New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg states that the replacement for Jesse Jackson Jr. will be helpful with the advancement of gun control laws. White House to host meeting with congressional leaders after sequester deadline passes, in hopes of getting a jump on the next federal fiscal showdown. Meantime, the president continues to press for ever higher taxes as the price of agreement. The Supreme Court takes a look at voting rights in the South. Pope Benedict heads into retirement and completes his final round of farewells. Triple-digit gains on Wall Street all but erases losses earlier in the week.