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State of the Union 2011: Barack Obama to focus on jobs
Mr Obama is seeking to re-engage with the business community
Mr Obama is seeking to re-engage with the business community
US President Barack Obama will call for new public spending to create jobs in his state of the union address, setting up a clash with opponents who say cuts to government are the way forward.
In the president's yearly address to Congress, Mr Obama is expected to call for new investment in education, research and infrastructure.
Mr Obama said at the weekend creating jobs was his "number one focus".
Republicans have warned they will reject his calls for added spending.
BBC North America editor Mark Mardell says State of the Union speeches are rarely momentous, but they are opportunities. Last year Mr Obama was watched by 48 million people.
The president can use the speech to condition the debate ahead of his 2012 re-election bid, claiming the mantle of reasonableness and consensus, our correspondent says.
But it is hard to see how Mr Obama can avoid a bitter, bare knuckle fight further down the road, in a Congress where Republicans now control the House of Representatives and have trimmed the Democrats' sails in the Senate, our correspondent adds.
Shift to centre
In Mr Obama's state of the union address, his second, he will lay out his policy agenda for the next year and will attempt to shape the national political narrative to his advantage.
Well if anyone listened to last year's speech, the first section ALSO focused on jobs...but surprisingly the Healthcare Act passed after lol.
Anyways it would be fun to see the "mingling" of legislators since the seating arrangement will be "less on partisan lines" :/
Then again the only thing that could happen this year is probably spending cuts, and tax cuts if President Obama keeps "moving to the center" in terms of the American Spectrum.
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