Obama Addresses Congress on Jobs
Updated: September 8, 2011 | 8:23 p.m.
September 8, 2011 | 8:18 p.m.
President Obama arrives at the U.S. Capitol Thursday, Sept. 8, to address a Joint Session of Congress in Washington, D.C.
President Obama greets Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, before addressing a Joint Session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President Obama takes the podium before addressing a Joint Session of Congress. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Members of the U.S. Congress listen as President Obama laid out a jobs plan before the U.S. Congress that includes middle class tax cuts, infrastructure spending, help for the unemployed and the passage of trade deals designed to boost U.S. exports. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
President Obama is greeted by Senate Minority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell, center, after Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress on September 8, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
A member of the U.S. Capitol Police watches President Obama announce his new jobs plan in a hall of the U.S. Capitol.
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