Assignment
Comparing and Contrasting
Previously, you took Cornell notes while watching the 2014 State of the Union address. Then you read the text of the same speech.
Turn in the Cornell notes you took while watching the video.
Write two paragraphs comparing and contrasting watching versus reading the speech. How was watching different from listening? How did reading the speech change your understanding? What impact did the video have that was different from reading the speech? How was it the same? Think about other differences and similarities. Use specific details to illustrate your points.
Answers
One area where President Obama could act aggressively and substantively is on climate change. That is because Congress – with some help from the Supreme Court – has already given the president the authority he needs to roll out aggressive regulations on coal-fired power plants, the nation’s largest source of carbon pollution.
Behind the scenes, he’s directed the Environmental Protection Agency to create sweeping regulation that would shutter coal-fired power plants – a plan that could also have a major impact on cutting carbon pollution but faces strong oppostion from the energy industry.
He has directed the agency to roll out a draft rule by June 1, with a final rule by June of next year.
President Obama plans to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for future federal contract workers using his own power to enact a more limited version of a policy that he has yet to push through Congress.
Mr. Obama also called on Congress to act on a proposal by congressional Democrats that would lift the minimum wage to $10.10 for all workers across the board. The president advocated a similar minimum wage increase during last year’s State of the Union address, only to watch the proposal languish on Capitol Hill, where opponents argued that it would hurt businesses and stifle job creation.
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