U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to a joint session of the Congress

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In his first address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, President Barack Obama tells lawmakers and the country that America will recover from economic recession and emerge as a stronger nation. Referencing the past and anticipating the future, Obama says that he will cut the massive federal budget deficit he has "inherited" in half by the end of his term of office and that although U.S. banks may need more government funding, any additional money given will be tightly controlled. Obama says that the new budget he will shortly submit to Congress will include funding for healthcare and education reform and incentives for the development of alternate energy production. The President is introduced by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Date Issued:

2009-02-24T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States, United States, United States, United States, and United States

Subject Topic:

Budget deficits, Bailouts (Government policy), Banks and banking, FInance, Health care reform, Federal aid to education, Clean energy industries, and Subsidies

Language:

English

Rights:

No Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5t43j30v