President Barack Obama and State of the Union Address to Congress

State of the Union address to Congress: In a speech reminiscent of a campaign stump message, the president issued a broadly optimistic report about the country in his nationally televised State of the Union address to Congress. He spoke of millions of new jobs created, modestly rising wages and a stock market that has soared as the country climbed out of the Great Recession that greeted him when he took office in 2009, according to 660 News. Obama said it was time for Americans to turn the page on years of economic troubles, terrorism and lengthy wars, using his sixth State of the Union speech to outline new tax policies that would hit the wealthiest Americans and give breaks to the middle class and President Barack Obama, undaunted by the new Republican majority in Congress, issued a sweeping challenge Tuesday night to do more for the poor and middle class and to end the nasty partisan political fight that has characterized his six years in office. And he called for a better politics where we appeal to each other basic decency instead of our basest fears. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.