Tag: State of the Union address to Congress

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Obama pledged 'middle-class economics' but faces a Republican congress

  

  US President Barack Obama has declared an end to the financial crisis and pledged economic policies to benefit all Americans, in his annual State of the Union address to Congress. In a speech devised to appeal to working families, Mr Obama outlined his strategy for “middle-class economics”.