Balance Of Power In Congress: Republicans

Congressional Republicans Dept: Obama now must decide how to contend with opposition from congressional Republicans who demand a tax-cut extension for all income levels, according to The Star. Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney to win a second term that will begin with the same balance of power in Congress: Democrats controlling the Senate and Republicans holding the majority in the House. Republicans were counting on a Romney victory or a Senate takeover to improve their negotiating posture and president Barack Obama s U.S. election victory positions him to claim a mandate for pushing a proposal through Congress that would let tax cuts expire for top earners and avert $1.2 trillion in automatic spending reductions. U.S. election coverage (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.