President Obama will give his final State of the Union speech on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 9 p.m. ET.
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“What the president talks about can absolutely matter”, Dallek said.
Childs was a councilmember in Greenwood County when she and then-Illinois Sen.
Obama, in his final 11 months of office, says he’s using his White House powers to change gun laws because Congress has failed to act. The White House started broadcasting the president’s annual addresses on the internet during George W. Bush’s presidency in 2002, and began live streaming an “enhanced” version of the speech from 2011, during Barack Obama’s first term. White House officials said the president would have ample opportunities to frame the campaign.
President Obama’s executive actions to further gun control reform otherwise stymied by the Republican-controlled Congress were announced in a tearful speech on Monday, and duly provoked fierce opposition.
Obama is unlikely to introduce any major new legislative initiatives. A seat will be left vacant for victims of gun violence.
The Obama administration has invited Refaai (reh-FEYE’) Hamo of Troy, Michigan, to exemplify the refugees’ plight.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he hoped to hear Obama “lay out a plan for the defeat” of the Islamic State. “Is he going to run his previous year of his presidency in a political manner or is he actually going to focus on getting stuff done?”
After the speech, Obama will travel to Omaha, Nebraska, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Wednesday and Thursday. “This year, the president will do what is rarely done in Washington: Think beyond the next election”, White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough wrote to supporters last week. What’s now a day of social media engagement was inspired by a White House open house in 1837, featuring a 1,400 pound block of cheddar cheese.
“We want them to be seen and understood that their absence means something to this country”, Obama said. She said those issues often have spilled over into the campaign.
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Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will hold an event on self-driving cars.
