President Barack Obama: House Of Representatives

Obama Administration Dept: The Senate will next take up the measure, which would renew federal funding after it expires on March 27, according to Montreal Gazette. The Obama administration and congressional Republicans have begun working together to ease the spending cuts' impact. That marks a reversal for President Barack Obama, who spoke dismissively in recent days of Republican plans for flexibility in administering the cuts and wASHINGTON - Washington inched closer to avoiding a shutdown of the U.S. government, as the Republican-controlled House of Representatives approved legislation aimed at keeping the government open and lessening the impact of sharp spending cuts on the Defence Department. Democrats who control the upper chamber hope to extend flexibility in carrying out $85 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts to departments other than defence and veterans affairs, which are protected in the Republican legislation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.