TEXT: Vice President Joe Biden watches at left as Sen. Mark Kirk, second from left, accompanied by Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, second form right, and Senate Majority whip Dick Durbin, right, walks the steps to the Senate door of the Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 3, 2013. Manchin also said that Kirk, who voted Wednesday for in favor of expanded background checks on gun buyers, held steadfast to closing all loopholes at gun shows, a point of contention among some other Republicans.