THE STATE OF THE UNION

1. The longest written State of The Union Address was Jimmy Carter's last one in 1981, and the longest spoken was Bill Clinton's.
2. 1912
3. Those guys are known for being long-winded, or just have long speeches. 
4. Jimmy Carter added a very long written message to Congress that accompanied his Stat of The Union Address.

1. It is defined as the President's authority to have himself be heard, as well as directly address Americans.
2. Nothing in the Constitution gives the other two branches the right to stop the President form exercising the bully pulpit.
3. The bully pulpit is seemingly strong, but to be honest it really isn't that successful in actually influencing anything, especially Congress. 
4. The media is able to filter what the President says and ultimately have more power than the bully pulpit.
5. Americans generally are not impacted much by what the President says on television.

Gun Control

1. The principal legal officer who represents a country or a state in legal proceedings and gives legal advice to the government. 

2. In the event that a Republican can become President, they can repeal all executive orders passed on their first day. This could lead to loss of funding on behalf of the Justice Department.

3. A major problem is the Gun Show Loophole, which allows people to buy guns at shows without background checks.

4. It allows the Gun Show Loophole.

5. It will decrease the number of guns bought without background check,

6. Pesky Iron Triangles ruin everything and the NRA align with a lot of the ideology of Conservative Republicans. 

7. Depending on the state, gun laws are discussed more heavily, and as a result, some states have very loose gun laws while others have strict ones.

8. Decades, or A VERY LONG TIME.....

9. They could find a way to quickly decrease the number of guns in circulation. 

Congress!!

1. The federal statutes for the federal disability insurance was changed, K-12 was changed, as highway funding was resolved, Medicare payment disputes were taken care of, taxes changed, and microbeads were banned in bath products.

2. Office was taken by the Democrats in the Presidency, and Obama was good at coordinating with Democrats in Congress about what Democrats wanted to happen in government. 

3. Presidential politics is not a top priority to them, so now they can use Obama's lame-duck period as a way to make him look bad.

4. Politicians and parties may lose elections, but still get what they want policy wise.

5. Republicans had business tax victories at the same time as Democrats getting gains for tax cuts for the working poor.

6. Congress is sometimes secretive in their legislation, and keep public attention focused on highly polarized and disagreed upon issues.

7. No one really knows what issues Congress is actually dealing with, and shed a lot of light on big things like gun rights and EPA.