Obama presses for jobs without raising deficit

President: Nation stronger, GOP should back his plans

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

Associated Press President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gives his State of the Union address Tuesday during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington.

WASHINGTON—Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation’s middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the d...

Published: 02/13/2013