Barack Obama: The White House

Barack Obama Dept: WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's second-term agenda will be robustly tested this week, with gun control and immigration in the spotlight on Capitol Hill and the White House releasing his long-delayed budget blueprint. In a taste of what lies ahead, Democratic gun legislation arrived on the Senate floor Monday facing an aggressive Republican effort to block it, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "This is his best chance to set up the next 3 1/2 years where he's the pace car," said Sara Taylor Fagen, who served as political director for President George W. Bush and FILE - In this April 5, 2013 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama's second term is on the line, with gun control and immigration in the spotlight on Capitol Hill this week and the White House releasing his long-delayed budget proposal. His victories or defeats will help define his legacy and determine how much political capital he has for the rest of his term. AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File In an era of deep partisanship and divided government, Obama knows he won't get everything he wants on the three big issues as he seeks to capitalize on the national support that brought him re-election. But the scope of his victories or defeats on these issues will at least in part define his legacy and determine how much political capital he retains for his final four years in office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.