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Obama presents his first weekly address as President of the United States on January 24, 2009, discussing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Job Growth by U.S. president, measured as cumulative percentage change from month after inauguration to end of term. 2016 was the first year U.S. real (inflation-adjusted) median household income surpassed 1999 levels.
The top marginal tax rate on income of 39.6%, provided for under the expiration of the 2001 portion of the Bush tax cuts, was retained. This was an increase from the 2003–2012 rate of 35%. [3] The top marginal tax rate on long-term capital gains of 20%, provided for under the expiration of the 2003 portion of the Bush tax cuts, was retained.
[1] [2] It was Obama's fifth State of the Union Address and his sixth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker, John Boehner, accompanied by Joe Biden, the vice president, in his capacity as the president of the Senate.
By RYAN GORMAN President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech touched on many subjects including taxes, racial tensions and income inequality -- here are some of the most notable quotes.
Read the full speech by former President Barack Obama at the 2024 Democratic National Convention. ... He wants the middle class to pay the price for another huge tax cut that would mostly help him ...
President Barack Obama, who has disagreed with Republican Congress members on whether to extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans beyond this year, said Tuesday that he will work ...
Obama's 2013 State of the Union Address was, in the words of CNN's Rebecca Sinderbrand, "a companion to the ideological offensive in his inauguration speech." The New York Times added: "Obama did not match the lofty tone of his inauguration speech, but the address was clearly intended to be its workmanlike companion.
President Obama delivering the State of the Union address to the U.S. Congress. The 2010 State of the Union Address was given by the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, on January 27, 2010, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 111th United States Congress.