President Barack Obama will give this year’s State of the Union address on Jan. 20, 2015.
The president’s speech will begin at 9 p.m. ET. You can watch the speech here, or on multiple television networks, including NBC, CBS and ABC. C-SPAN will also air the speech, as well as CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and others.
See live updates on Obama’s address below:
live blog Oldest Newest Share + Today 3:48 PM ESTCarly Fiorina: Obama Doesn't Deserve Credit For Economic Recovery Republican businesswoman Carly Fiorina blasted President Barack Obama on Tuesday hours before the State of the Union address, disputing the notion that policies enacted during Obama’s six years in office have contributed to an accelerating economic recovery.
“He will apparently declare victory on the economy tonight, but of course, whatever life there is in the economy is not due to his policies, it’s in spite of his policies,” Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard and potential 2016 presidential candidate, said in an interview with Newsmax.
Obama is expected to acknowledge positive economic indicators — including a steadily declining unemployment rate, GDP growth and new highs on Wall Street — when he addresses the nation Tuesday evening. Fiorina’s comments about Obama’s legacy echo those of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who suggested earlier this month that the good news might have something to do with the election of a Republican Congress.
Though considered a long shot for the presidency, Fiorina said she is “seriously considering” throwing her hat into the ring.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took to the floor of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, where she offered some clues about President Barack Obama’s annual State of the Union address.
“From what I hear about what he will present, it will reflect what we have seen across the country in terms of what he said last year, reflected across the country: ‘When Women Succeed, America Succeeds,'” she said. “It is about college affordability, about child care, about sick leave, all the kinds of issues that enable families –- not just women -– families to succeed.”
Pelosi invoked the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., a day following the federal holiday in his honor, and signaled that the president would also discuss proposals aimed at providing additional assistance to the middle class.
“So what we hear tonight I know will be in furtherance of increasing that paycheck, starting from the middle, starting from benefits –- when I say benefits, initiatives that benefit the middle class and those who aspire to it –- all of it a reflection of the American people’s thinking, all of it about engagement for what the Reverend Martin Luther King talked about, all of it, hopefully, we will be able to do in a bipartisan way,” she added.
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HuffPost is interviewing Obama administration officials immediately after the president’s annual State of the Union address on Tuesday.
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The AP reports:
Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union address Tuesday appear to be aimed at driving the debate in the 2016 election on income inequality and middle-class economic issues, rather than setting a realistic agenda for Congress.
Obama’s calls for increasing taxes on the wealthy, making community college free for many students and expanding paid leave for workers stand little chance of winning approval from the new Republican majority on Capitol Hill. But the debate over middle-class economics is looking critical for the coming campaign.
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Yahoo’s Meredith Shiner reports:
It may only draw half the viewers it once did, but for staffers at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday night’s annual State of the Union address by the president is their Super Bowl.
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