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Watch live: Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address

The president is addressing the US Congress for the last time before the autumn election.

President Obama during his 2011 address to both legislative houses on Capitol Hill
President Obama during his 2011 address to both legislative houses on Capitol Hill
Image: Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP/Press Association Images

US PRESIDENT BARACK Obama is delivering his State of the Union address to members of the Senate and the House of Representatives in Washington tonight.

The annual address to the nation is required under the US constitution and is normally a platform for the president of the day to outline his legislative agenda. It is likely to be a politically charged speech with the election less than ten months away.

Obama is expected to discuss jobs and ways to boost the country’s high unemployment rate as well as housing and tax policies.

You can watch the address live from 2am GMT courtesy of the White House feed:

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  • If looks could kill… Watching the faces of the Republicans staring at him as he speaks makes you feel like they wish their eyes were daggers. I’d love to be able to believe what Obama is saying. If only he were in charge.

    He sounds like he’s putting it up to the banks. Made a lot of challenging statements. …Bring me this, bring me that, I’ll sign them now…

    We’ll see…

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  • RDX862 25/01/12 #

    He is talking about taxing multinational companies who ship jobs overseas and lowering taxes for companies that bring jobs back to America. Probably wouldn’t pass the House anyway but probably not a good thing for Ireland if it did.

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    • Ireland needs to look more at its own industries and ween ourselves off our dependence of multinational companies. We have an extremely educated and experienced work force all over the world, invest in our own people and not multinational companies (I have nothing against most multinational companies but I believe more in our people)

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  • The Republicians will make it as hard as possible for him to pass anything good before november. Id really like to see democrats controlling both houses least until the midterm elections because i really think Obamas policies could work if given the chance.

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    • Unless he’s left it too late. He had public support at the start and that could have carried him had he spoken out more about the level of corruption in Wall St. You’re obviously an optimist too. God love us…

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    • RDX862 25/01/12 #

      Problem the democrats have is they are much more divided than the Republicans. Outside a couple of Republicans from left leaning states they normally vote all together on most of the important bills. The democrats split into center right (some of who could basically be classed as Republicans if they wanted), moderates, Liberal, progressive, and then the minorities. Trying to get them all to vote the same way is not easy.

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    • It is a pity that without having majority in both house and senate the republicans have had the chance reject and stall on so many bills, policies that would be so beneficial to the lower paid majority of Americans.

      It’s also a shame he has to spend his last year on the job wrapped up in this campaign. Surly his time could be better spent.

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  • Ending tax cuts to companys who outsource their job. Tax breaks for those who return this could spell trouble for Ireland

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