State of the Union Address (January 27, 2010)
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President Obama Delivers State of the Union Address

United States Capitol

Washington, D.C.

By Holly Sheffield
Staff Writer and EdLog Coordinator
Designed Instruction, LLC

Photo Credits: White House photos right top (President Barack Obama enters the House Chamber) and right bottom (President Obama delivers State of the Union to United States Congress) by Pete Souza.

January 28, 2010

On January 27, United States President Obama delivered the annual State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. The speech took place on the floor of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol. Behind the president, as typical, sat the presiding officer of the Senate, Vice President Joe Biden (Senate President), and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

The primary focal points of the speech were proposals for job creation and federal deficit reduction. The primary area of common ground between Republican and Democratic lawmakers, however, was education.

The following items were discussed by the President as policy changes, legislative initiatives, and/or goals related to the education of our people and our children:

- Renew the Elementary and Secondary Education Act;

- Revitalize community colleges;

- End taxpayer subsidies to banks for student loans;

- Provide a $10,000 tax credit for families for four years of college;

- Increase Pell Grants;

- Forgive all student loan debt after 20 years (10 years if the student chooses a career in public service); and

- Cut costs at colleges and universities.

Childhood obesity was mentioned as a problem that needed to addressed, and that an initiative would be headed by the First Lady, Michelle Obama, to do just that.

Read the full text of the 2010 State of the Union Address at:

http://stateoftheunionaddress.org/2010-barack-obama

Watch the complete video of the 2010 State of the Union Address at either of the two following locations:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291689-2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTMrs9vpoqg

Read about the 2007 State of the Union Address in which President Bush seeks reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act at: http://www.designedinstruction.com/edlog/nclb-state-of-union-2007.html

Comments or questions? E-mail Holly Sheffield at hsheffield@designedinstruction.com

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