WASHINGTON WEEK
WITH GWEN IFILL
FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 @ 9:00PM
Obama vowed to bypass a divided Congress and take action on his own to build the middle class
Looking to re-energize his sluggish second term, President Obama called 2014 a ‘year of action’ in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. He urged Congress to be part of the action to help middle-class families, but vowed to sidestep their partisan politics through the use of executive orders to boost the economy and address income inequality.
President Obama hit the road this week in a series of campaign-style events across America to reiterate his action agenda including a measure to raise the federal minimum wage and by signing an order to establish a savings program for employees without retirement plans.
