Extra-Credit Opportunity: The State of the Union Address

On January 27, 2010, at approximately 6:00 PM PST, President Barack Obama will give his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. By answering questions about the speech you can earn extra-credit. I will update this post with links to video and text transcriptions of the speech.

Follow this link for text transcriptions of previous State of the Union addresses.

UPDATE:

State of the Union 2010 (Courtesy CBS and Youtube.com)

Questions:

1. What is the one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans (that they all hated)?
2. For how many Americans were unemployment benefits extended?
3. How much cheaper was COBRA health insurance?
4. How many tax cuts were passed?
5. Whom does President Obama mention as a group whose taxes were decreased?
6. How many people saw their income taxes increased?
7. How many people are working now who would otherwise be unemployed?
8. What is the name legislation that allowed this recovery?
9. What is the number one focus for President Obama in 2010?
10. How much money will President Obama give banks to make loans to small businesses?
11. What area of the economy is most ripe for innovation?
12. What kind of power plants does President Obama want to see built?
13. How much does President Obama want to increase America’s exports? How many jobs will this increase support?
14. What countries were the key partners in trade agreements that President Obama mentioned?
15. What’s the best anti-poverty program, according to President Obama?
16. What health problem is First Lady Michelle Obama tackling?
17. How much does the Congressional Budget Office estimate that President Obama’s health reforms will bring down the deficit?
18. When does President Obama’s spending freeze take effect? How long will it stay in effect?
19. Whose tax cuts will not be extended?
20. What does President Obama want Congress to publish on a single website before there is a vote?
21. Which issue tends to unify our country?
22. What is the false choice President Obama references?
23. When will our troops start coming home from Afghanistan?
24. How many Americans are working in Haiti to help them rebuild?