When 114th congress took office at 1 p.m. on Jan. 6, Republican Mitch McConnell took over as Senate Majority Leader, Republican John Boehner was reelected for his third term as House Speaker and the Republican party officially took over congress. The first bill proposed was to approve the construction of the Keystone pipeline, it passed by 270-152. The bill has been blocked by the Democrat-controlled Senate for years.

This Republican-backed congress looks as if it will make things tough for President Barack Obama’s agenda and vice versa. Republicans will likely be looking to repeal Obama’s signature healthcare law; The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; better known as ObamaCare.

The Keystone pipeline bill was vetoed by the President. McConnell announced that congress will override it by March 3. Many find it to be unrealistic that they will be able to override the President’s veto even though they have majority, as the Republicans are four votes behind.

McConnell and Boehner conducted a joint interview on CBS’ 60 minutes. McConnell said, “There are areas of agreement that we can make some progress on and we intend to do that. The fact that we differ on somethings doesn’t mean we can’t go forward on others.”

When asked about policies put forth by President Obama, the pair looked to distance themselves from him. Reporter Scott Pelley asked, “Dead or alive: Raise taxes on the wealthy?”

Boehner replied, “Why would we raise taxes on anybody? The President wants to increase taxes because he wants to increase Washington spending. Dead, very dead.”

Scott Pelley asked, “Dead or alive: Raise the federal minimum wage?”

Boehner was quick to respond firmly with, “Bad idea, dead.”

The last time there was a democrat President and a Republican congress was under Harry S. Truman. Now that the Republican-backed congress is in session Obama is looking to make some progress. In his State of the Union address,  Obama talked about trade. He said,  “Tonight, I am announcing that we will launch off on a comprehensive transatlantic trade and investment partnership with the European Union because trade that is fair and free across the Atlantic supports millions of good paying American jobs.”

On 60 minutes, Mitch McConnell noted, “Virtually every Republican the other night stood up and applauded when the president talked about trade.”