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Wide of House Chamber2. Close of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama talking3. Close of Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton greeting 4. United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice walking in, greeting...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Wide of House Chamber\u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama talking\u003cbr/\u003e3. Close of Democratic presidential hopeful Hilary Clinton greeting \u003cbr/\u003e4. United States Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice walking in, greeting people\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of Congress\u003cbr/\u003e6. Bush being formally introduced and invited into House Chamber by Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives UPSOUND \"Madam speaker, the President of the United States.\" AUDIO: applause\u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of United States President, George W. Bush arriving, greeting people as he goes\u003cbr/\u003e8. Cutaway of Laura Bush in audience and daughters\u003cbr/\u003e9. Bush being hugged as he walks\u003cbr/\u003e10. Top shot of Bush walking through crowd\u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of Bush stepping onto stage; greeting Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House and Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney\u003cbr/\u003e12. Various of Bush passing envelopes containing copies of the address to Pelosi and Cheney\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of Bush standing at lectern, with Pelosi and Cheney behind\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President: (includes various cutaways)\u003cbr/\u003e\"To build a prosperous future, we must trust people with their own money and empower them to grow our economy. As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty. America's (inaudible) of jobs for a record 52 straight months. But jobs are now growing at a slower pace. Wages are up, but so are prices for food and gas. Exports are rising but the housing market has declined. At at kitchen tables across our country, there is concern about our economic future. In the long run, Americans can be confident about our economic growth, but in the short run, we can all see that growth is slowing. So last week, my administration reached agreement with speaker Pelosi, Republican leader (John) Boehner on a robust growth package that includes tax relief for individuals and families and incentives for business investment. The temptation will be to load up the bill. That will delay it or derail it and neither option is acceptable.\" AUDIO: applause\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of audience applauding and Bush at podium\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is a good agreement that will keep our economy growing and our people working and this Congress must pass it as soon as possible.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide of audience applauding and Bush at lectern\u003cbr/\u003e20. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President: (starts on wide of audience)\u003cbr/\u003e\"Most Americans think their taxes are high enough. With all the other pressures on their finances American families should not have to worry about the Federal government taking a bigger bite out of their pay cheques. There's only one way to eliminate this uncertainty. Make the tax relief permanent.\" AUDIO: applause\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of audience standing in applause\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of audience applauding and Bush at lectern\u003cbr/\u003e23. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President: (includes cutaway of man in audience)\u003cbr/\u003e\"On housing we must trust Americans with the responsibility of home ownership and empower them to weather turbulent times in the housing market. Tonight, I ask you to pass legislation to reform Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac. Modernise the Federal Housing Administration and allow state housing agencies to issue tax-free bonds to help home owners to re-finance the mortgages.\" AUDIO: applause\u003cbr/\u003e24. Wide top side shot of Bush at lectern \u003cbr/\u003e25.  SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"These are difficult times for many American families and by taking these steps, we can help more of them keep their homes.\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Cutaway of Democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President: (part overlaid with cutaways)\u003cbr/\u003e\"To build a future of energy security, we must trust in the creative genius of American researchers and entrepreneurs and empower them to pioneer a new generation of clean energy technology. Our security, our prosperity, and our environment all require reducing our dependence on oil. Last year I asked you to pass legislation to reduce oil consumption over the next decade and you responded. Together we should take the next steps, let us fund new technologies that can generate coal power while capturing carbon emissions. Let us increase the use of renewable power and emissions free nuclear power. Let us continue in investing in advance battery technology and renewable fuels to power the cars and trucks of the future. Let us create a new international clean technology fund which will help developing nations like India and China make greater use of clean energy sources. And let us complete an international agreement that has the potential to slow, stop and \u003cbr/\u003eeventually, reverse the growth of greenhouse gasses.\"\u003cbr/\u003e29. Wide of audience\u003cbr/\u003e30. SOUNDBITE: (English) George W. Bush, United States President:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We must also ensure that all life is treated with the dignity it deserves, and so I call on Congress to pass legislation that bans unethical practices such as the buying, selling, patterning or cloning of human life.\" \u003cbr/\u003e31. Wide of room AUDIO: applause\u003cbr/\u003eUnited States President George W. Bush, standing before Congress one last time, urged Americans to stand confident against gnawing recession fears during his final State of the Union address on Monday night before a hostile, Democratic-led Congress eager for the end of his term next January.\u003cbr/\u003eBush urged lawmakers to approve urgently a 150 billion (b) US dollar plan to stave off a recession through tax rebates- negotiated with Democratic and Republican lawmakers- for families and incentives for businesses to invest in new plants and equipment.\u003cbr/\u003e\"As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty...at kitchen tables across our country there is concern about our economic future,\" Bush said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"Americans can be confident about our economic growth, but in the short run, we can all see that growth is slowing,\" he said, before launching into the details of the anti-recession deal. \u003cbr/\u003eBush was eager to get the deal approved after a top Senate Democrat unveiled a 156 billion (b) US dollar economic stimulus package that awards rebates to senior citizens living off Social Security pension payments and extends unemployment benefits, rivalling the presidents narrower package.\u003cbr/\u003eOn Tuesday the House plans a vote that would speed up rebates of up to 6-hundred US dollars to most income earners, more for couples and families with children. \u003cbr/\u003eA vote on a bill with \"add on's\" has been set for Wednesday, which would send rebates even to the wealthiest taxpayers.\u003cbr/\u003eBush, in his State of the Union address to Congress on Monday night, warned lawmakers not to give in to the temptation to \"load up the bill.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"That would delay it or derail it, and neither option is acceptable,\" the president said. \u003cbr/\u003eHe urged Congress to think of the pressure American families are under, when considering the anti-recession plan.\u003cbr/\u003e\"American families should not have to worry about the Federal government taking a bigger bite out of their pay cheques,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003e\"There's only one way to eliminate this uncertainty. Make the tax relief permanent,\" the Bush said to applause.\u003cbr/\u003eHousing in the US is now slumping now after a five-year boom, sparking fears the weakness could be severe enough to push the country into a full-blown recession. \u003cbr/\u003eLast week the Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate in an effort to guard against recession, by the largest amount in more than two decades with a further rate cut expected on Wednesday when the Federal Reserve completes a two-day meeting.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We must trust Americans with the responsibility home ownership and empower them to weather turbulent times in the housing market,\" Bush said during his address, before urging Congress to pass legislation to \"reform Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Modernise the Federal Housing Administration and allow state housing agencies to issue tax-free bonds to help home owners to re-finance the mortgages,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"These are difficult times for many American families and by taking these steps, we can help more of them keep their homes,\" he added. \u003cbr/\u003eTurning to energy security, the US President said the United States \"must trust in the creative genius of American researchers and entrepreneurs and empower them to pioneer a new generation of clean energy technology.\"\u003cbr/\u003eHe urged the need to \"fund new technologies that can generate coal power while capturing carbon emissions.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Let us continue in investing in advance battery technology and renewable fuels to power the cars and trucks of the future. 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