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The America We Deserve, by Donald Trump
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State of the Union address to Joint Session of Congress, and the Democratic Response, Jan. 31, 2006
Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations
from State of the Union address (number of quotes indicated):
- George W. Bush (32)
- Tim Kaine (6)
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Budget & Economy
George W. Bush: FactCheck: Overall spending increased 42% under Bush.
George W. Bush: FactCheck: Deficit is increasing substantially this year.
George W. Bush: Protectionists want to escape competition.
George W. Bush: Cut non-security discretionary spending every year.
George W. Bush: Confront the larger challenge of entitlements spending.
George W. Bush: Spending cuts will reduce deficit to half by 2009.
Tim Kaine: In 5 years, Bush took us from surplus to deficit.
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Civil Rights
George W. Bush: Federal courts have approved the authority to wiretap.
George W. Bush: Reauthorize the Patriot Act.
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Education
George W. Bush: Propose additional resources for education.
Tim Kaine: Administration refused to fund NCLB Act.
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Energy & Oil
George W. Bush: FactCheck: US grew more dependent on foreign oil under Bush.
George W. Bush: Replace 75% of oil imports from Mideast by 2025.
George W. Bush: End America's addiction to oil.
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Foreign Policy
George W. Bush: Iranian regime must not be permitted to gain nuclear weapons.
George W. Bush: Fight disease and spread hope in hopeless lands.
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Free Trade
George W. Bush: Open more markets to keep America competitive.
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Government Reform
George W. Bush: Congress should pass the line-item veto.
George W. Bush: Pass medical liability reform this year.
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Health Care
George W. Bush: Support wider use of electronic records for health care.
Tim Kaine: Bush fights states getting cheap Rx for seniors.
Tim Kaine: Our seniors were promised medications but got poor planning.
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Homeland Security
George W. Bush: FactCheck: Yes, there are more democracies now, but not Iraq.
George W. Bush: Support democratic reform across the broader Middle East.
George W. Bush: Post-WWII world has grown from 24 lonely democracies to 122.
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Immigration
George W. Bush: Our economy could not function without the immigrants.
George W. Bush: Support a humane guest-worker program that rejects amnesty.
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Jobs
George W. Bush: FactCheck: Yes, US gained 4.6M jobs, but also lost 2.6M jobs.
George W. Bush: US has gained 4.6M jobs since 2003.
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Principles & Values
Tim Kaine: Better way is to focus on service, common sense, & results.
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Social Security
George W. Bush: Create a bipartisan commission to examine Social Security.
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Tax Reform
George W. Bush: Make the tax cuts permanent.
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War & Peace
George W. Bush: We're on the offensive in Iraq with a clear plan for victory.
George W. Bush: Terrorists aim to seize power in Iraq.
George W. Bush: Terrorists would move the battlefield to our own shores.
George W. Bush: Sudden withdrawal from Iraq would abandon our Iraqi allies.
George W. Bush: Hamas must disarm and reject terrorism and work peace.
Tim Kaine: Americans were given inaccurate information regarding Iraq.
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The above quotations are from State of the Union address to Joint Session of Congress, and the Democratic Response, Jan. 31, 2006.
Related books, debates, and candidates:
- 2012 State of the Union speech, plus response by GOP and Tea Party
- 2012 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2011 State of the Union speech, plus response by GOP and Tea Party
- 2011 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2007-2011 Mayors' State of the City speeches
- 2010 Governors' State of the State speeches
- Obama Q+A at GOP House Retreat, Jan. 2010
- 2010 State of the Union speech, plus response by Gov. Bob McDonnell (R, VA)
- 2009 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2009 Address to Joint Session of Congress, plus response by Gov. Bobby Jindal (R, LA)
- 2009 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2008 State of the Union speech, plus response by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D, KS)
- 2008 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2007 State of the Union speech, plus response by Sen. James Webb (D, VA)
- 2007 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2006 State of the Union speech, plus response by Gov. Tim Kaine (D, VA)
- 2005 State of the Union speech, plus responses by Sen Harry Reid (D, NV) & Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA)
- 2004 State of the Union speech, plus responses by Sen Tom Daschle (D, SD) & Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA)
- 2004 Governors' State of the State speeches
- 2001 Governors' State of the State speeches
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