Barack Obama

Barack Obama: Republican leaders, in turn, challenged President Barack Obama to sign measures that clear the House and Senate with support from at least some Democrats, according to CTV. Lawmakers formally opened the new session of Congress this week with the Republicans in charge of both the Senate and the House of Representatives for the first time since Obama took office. The party sweep of the November elections is certain to complicate the final two years of Obama presidency as he seeks to cement his policies on health, the environment and immigration and - The White House issued its second veto threat in as many days Wednesday against top-priority legislation of the new, Republican-controlled Congress. "We're calling on the president to ignore the voices of reaction and join us," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said as he and House Speaker John Boehner lined up legislation to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline and make changes to the health care law they also have vowed to repeal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.