More from Obama’s State of the Union address (earlier excerpts here). Headlines via Reuters from the text :
- Obama calls on congress to approve trade promotion legislation
- To say wants to sign new trade deals “so the United States, not China” sets labor, environmental standards
- Calls for reauthorization of export-import bank, says would create jobs
- Proposes simplifying tax filing for “vast majority” of US small businesses
- Calls for new infrastructure investments financed by business tax reform
- Proposes to cut corporate tax rate and broaden base, simplify taxes for small business and reform international tax system
- Budget will outline how to end “sequester” spending cuts and pay for investments by cutting spending, closing tax loopholes
- Proposes tougher penalties for employers who fail to pay minimum wage or violate overtime rules
- To tell congress that it should begin work on lifting Cuba embargo
- To reaffirm his belief that Guantanamo detention center should be closed
- Pledges to work with Republicans to expand earned income tax credit for low-wage workers without children
- To tell congress he will defend Wall Street reforms from being watered down, wants lawmakers to complete housing finance reform
- Calls for increase in funding for precision medicine and Alzheimer research, proposes nearly doubling federal investment in combating antibiotic resistance
- Obama committed to working with congress to pass legislation this year to reform prison sentencing for nonviolent drug offenders
- Proposes federal-state partnership to expand preschool and kindergarten, paid for through increase in tobacco taxes
- Says shadow of crisis is passed, the state of the union is strong
- Says anti-semitism that has resurfaced in certain parts of the world is deplorable, rejects “offensive” stereotypes of Muslims
- Calls on congress to pass bipartisan infrastructure plan, “let’s set our sights higher than a single oil pipeline
- Calls on congress to show that “we are united in this mission” by authorizing force against Islamic state
- Says “time to finish the job” and shut down u.s. detention center at Guantanamo
- Says US has chance “between now and this spring” to negotiate agreement to prevent nuclear-armed Iran