Watch Republican Response 2013 Replay Online
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Barack Obama will deliver his State of the Union 2013 speech to Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. tonight at 9
p.m. Eastern Daylight Time / 7 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time / 6 p.m.
Pacific Daylight Time. The 2013 State of the Union is scheduled to
last for 90 minutes.
The
live online 2013 Republican Response, delivered by Florida Senator Marco Rubio, will
follow immediately after the President's speech. U.S. Senator Rand Paul
(R-KY) will deliver the 2013 Tea Party Rebuttal online. This will be the third
year that a Tea Party Rebuttal has been delivered to both the State of
the Union and Republican Response.
UPDATE: Marco Rubio's awkward dry mouth and unscheduled water break over shadows the content of his speech and became the most talked about scene of the night.
UPDATE: Marco Rubio's awkward dry mouth and unscheduled water break over shadows the content of his speech and became the most talked about scene of the night.
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The President's State of the Union speech will also air on PBS, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, CNN, and C-SPAN on television. Viewers can also watch the State of the Union 2013 speech live online on Google+, Hulu, Facebook, Ustream, YouTube, AOL, major network, and some network affiliate websites from 9:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Eastern Time.
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WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
THE ECONOMY:
Look
for the President to tout his achievements in the U.S. economic
recovery after the Great Recession by citing over a million jobs created
since he took office and the stabilization of the U.S. housing market.
As in past State of the Union addresses, the President may call for
continued funding for U.S. infrastructure projects, green jobs, and education from pre-school through college.
THE BUDGET:
The President may have given a clue during his radio address last Saturday as to what he may say tonight when he
called on Republicans and Democrats in Congress to
compromise with "a balanced mix of spending cuts and higher tax rates
for the
wealthiest Americans" to avoid sequestration and other automatic budget cuts.
GUN CONTROL:
Expect the President to once again reaffirm his belief in an American's right to bear arms while also pushing for his gun control measures. When the President announced his gun control plan in January, he called on Congress to enact an Assault Weapons Ban with a 10-round magazine limit along with Universal Background Checks.
REPUBLICAN RESPONSE:
Florida Senator Marco Rubio's remarks
during the Fiscal Cliff could shed some light on what to expect from
the Republican Response to the State of the Union address tonight:
"Of course, many Americans will be relieved in the short term that
their taxes won't go up. However in the long run, they will be hurt when
employers pass on to them one of the largest tax hikes in decades.
Furthermore, this deal just postpones the inevitable, the need to solve
our growing debt crisis and help the 23 million Americans who can't find
the work they need,” Rubio said. "And to make matters
worse, it does nothing to bring our dangerous debt under control."
TEA PARTY REBUTTAL:
It
may seem odd that a Tea Party Rebuttal would be delivered when Rubio
was a Tea Party favorite during his election to the U.S. Senate. But
Rubio's relationship with the Tea Party has become strained over some
issues such as Rubio's call for intervention in Libya, his endorsement of Mitt Romney, and his position on the National Defense Authorization Act.
Paul on the other hand, is known for his stance against intervention and foreign aid to Libya, as well as his outspoken criticism of the NDAA.
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