President Obama: House of Representatives

House of Representatives: Standing in the House of Representatives chamber before legislators, Supreme Court justices and VIP guests, Obama declared his independence from Congress by issuing a raft of executive orders a move likely to inflame already tense relations between the Democratic president and Republicans. , according to CBC. The president says he plans to issue an executive order in the coming weeks requiring federal contractors to pay their federally funded employees at least $10.10 an hour, and urged Congress to raise the federal minimum wage to the same amount. U.S. President Barack Obama is vowing to bypass a divided Congress and take action on his own to bolster America's middle class in a state of the union speech he used to try to breathe new life into his second term after a troubled year. Read the full text of President Obama's state of the union speech Inside one of the United State's poorest counties The state of the union address Obama's actions, while relatively modest, collectively amounted to an expression of frustration at the pace of legislative action with Republicans who control the House of Representatives and are able to slow the president's agenda. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.