State of the Union: A look back

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, as Vice President Joe Biden (L) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) look on, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. Obama calls for lower corporate taxes and incentives to bring overseas jobs back to the U.S. He challenges Congress to act on immigration reform and he repeats his longstanding call for the wealthy to pay more in taxes, ... more 

President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, as Vice President Joe Biden (L) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) look on, on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012. Obama calls for lower corporate taxes and incentives to bring overseas jobs back to the U.S. He challenges Congress to act on immigration reform and he repeats his longstanding call for the wealthy to pay more in taxes, including a specific proposal for millionaires to have a tax rate of 30%. (REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool) less