In his weekly address Saturday, the president explained that the agreement meant that small businesses can get the loans they need, families can get the mortgages they applied for, "folks can visit our national parks and museums" and paychecks, including those for the military, will be delivered on time.  "This is an agreement to invest in our country's future while making the largest annual spending cut in our history," Obama said.  Behind the scenes of budget battle  The president later made an announced visit to the Lincoln Memorial, where he shook hands and sprinted down its steps.  "I just want to say real quick that because Congress was able to settle its differences -- that's why this place is open today and everybody's able to enjoy their visit," Obama said. "That's the kind of future cooperation I hope we have going forward."  Negotiators capped days of frantic closed-door talks and public recriminations by agreeing on a framework for a package of $38.5 billion in spending cuts covering the rest of the fiscal year, which expires September 30. The budget deal still needs to pass in both houses, with the expectation that lawmakers will approve it and the president will sign it before the short-term funding measure expires.  The House is scheduled to begin considering that budget deal on Monday, with a vote slated for Wednesday. The Senate would take up the bill at some point after that, said spokesman Jon Summers of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office.  Republicans, bolstered by their capture of the House of Representatives in last November's midterm elections, had initially pushed for $61 billion in cuts.  A GOP push to strip $317 million in federal funding from Planned Parenthood failed. Democrats also turned back Republican attempts to get federal dollars currently set aside for family planning and women's health turned into block grants for states.
President Barack Obama signed a short-term funding extension on Saturday hours after Democrats and Republicans narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the federal government by agreeing on the