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Barack Obama: Republicans controlling the House are divided over whether to fund the government for a couple of months past a December deadline to maintain leverage over President Barack Obama on immigration or to pass a full-year spending bill to clear the decks for a fresh start when the GOP gets full control of Congress in January. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. But many conservatives do not want to cede any power to Obama and Senate Democrats who will relinquish control of Congress next year. These conservatives are promising to pull out all the stops including withholding funding to implement any immigration order to block Obama. In this photo taken Nov. 4, 2014, Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., acknowledges supporters at her election night headquarters in New Orleans. Republicans have promised her Senate opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a seat on the Senate energy committee if he defeats Landrieu in the state runoff election next month. The move undercuts one of Landrieu chief campaign arguments, that voters in the state with a robust oil and gas industry need her and her seniority on the committee. AP Photo/Bill Haber More pragmatic lawmakers like those who lead the Appropriations Committee are pressing hard for a so-called omnibus spending bill and warn that tea party forces who want to drag must-pass spending bills into their battle with Obama over his planned executive action on immigration could spark a government shutdown next month or next year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.