state of the union

Kentucky's U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on the Senate Floor Monday regarding the need to focus on bipartisan job creation rather than on ‘campaigning and complaining’ This on the eve of the Presidents State of the Union Address:  “ I’d like to begin my remarks today by simply stating the obvious: the jobs crisis we’re in continues for millions... Read

President Obama's 2011 State of the Union (titled "Winning the Future") focused heavily on all political parties working together -- Republican and Democrat congress members even watched in a mixed seating arrangement, rather than occupying separate sections of the House. Obama also announced his administration would move forward with health care reform, work on immigration law, build in