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President Obama's State of the Union
Here is the prepared text of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address. This text was sent by reporters by the White House Press Office just before the speech began. = February 12, 2013 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the ...
Herman Cain Deliver the Tea Party Response to the State of the Union
Herman Cain delivers the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union Address. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6XOAvqAmB8
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Pentagon pleads with Congress to block cuts
Sometimes when the Congress is engaged in a tough legislative battle, we say the House is "jamming" the Senate to accept a certain bill or vice versa, basically trying jam something down the other guy's throat. Today at a Senate hearing, it almost seemed like it was the Pentagon trying ...
Obama marks second term with State of the Union
Still facing a divided Congress, President Obama goes before lawmakers and the nation on Tuesday night ready to urge action on economic growth, gun violence, immigration reform and more, with no guarantee of anything but more sharp partisan battles in the months ahead. "What the President has been saying and ...
White House signals focus on economy
While there will certainly be more than one issue discussed by President Obama in Tuesday night's State of the Union Address, the White House made clear in recent days that the signature focus of this speech will be on the economy. WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will focus his ...
Rubio tapped for State of the Union response
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), already seen as a rising star in Republican Party circles and a possible candidate for President in 2016, will play a central role in next week's State of the Union Address, as he will give the official GOP response to the President's speech. "Marco Rubio is ...
President Obama lays out second term agenda
Often an Inaugural Address is more about themes and broad policy matters than specifics, and while President Obama did not go into fine details in his second Inaugural, he certainly did set out some legislative markers for what he wants done in the Congress during his next four years in ...
Reporters get a Supreme Court reminder
Through the years that I have covered news in Washington, D.C., I have always tried to follow one rule - don't try to predict what the Supreme Court is going to do on a certain case. That was driven home this week by decisions in several major cases of the ...
Georgia among most economically insecure states
A new study shows Georgia is one of the worst states in the union when it comes to economic insecurity. It suggests the impact from the Great Recession is both worse and longer-lasting than we might have thought. Laid off two years ago, “Steve” might have written the book on ...
Obama on Gas Prices
President Obama gave the following speech in Miami, Florida about energy and high gas prices. The prepared text was provided by the White House press office. - Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery Energy Event University of Miami Thursday, February 23, 2012 Miami, Florida As Prepared ...
Selling the Obama Budget
There's nothing quite like the full court press that is undertaken by a White House after the introduction of a President's budget. You flood Capitol Hill with top cabinet and agency officials and then the President heads on the road to tout certain items. And both parties do their best ...
Obama decries rising cost of education
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - President Barack Obama says colleges and universities must be held accountable for the rising cost of higher education. Speaking at the University of Michigan, Obama says the government cannot just keep subsidizing student aid. He says every college and university must help make sure ...
Washington Eyes Gingrich
In my two days back from the campaign trail on Capitol Hill this week, there was only one thing that my colleagues wanted to ask me about - can Newt Gingrich really win the Republican nomination? The idea of Gingrich winning had been ridiculed for months in the halls of ...
Mrs. Obama dazzles in designer sapphire dress
All eyes were on the First Lady at the State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Get the details on her shiny sapphire number. http://bcove.me/bov9k776
Atl. small business leaders not happy with SOTU
No, sir. They didn’t like it. Atlanta small business leaders, many of them already sour on the Obama administration, reacted with skepticism and anger to some of the proposals put forth by the President during his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, scoffing at what they perceive ...
State of the Union
It is almost 2:30am here at the U.S. Capitol, as it's just the cleaning crews and a few journalists like me finishing up their work for the next day after President Obama's State of the Union Address. Another one is in the books and how Congress reacts doesn't really change ...
Obama State of the Union
Here is the prepared text of President Obama's State of the Union Address delivered to Congress on Tuesday night, as provided by the White House. EMBARGOED UNTIL DELIVERY January 24, 2012 Remarks of President Barack Obama – As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address “An America Built to ...
State of the Union Excerpts
Here are some excerpts from tonight's State of the Union Address by President Obama as provided by the White House: “Think about the America within our reach: A country that leads the world in educating its people. An America that attracts a new generation of high-tech manufacturing and high-paying jobs. ...
State of the Union Prep
In Washington, D.C. today, both parties were hard at work trying to spin voters and reporters well before President Obama set foor in the House chamber for tonight's State of the Union Address. In meetings with reporters, on social media and from the Capitol, it wasn't even lunch time and ...
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