President Barack Obama will call for "a year of action" in his State of the Union address tonight, according to excerpts released in advance by the White House.
"That's what most Americans want -- for all of us in this chamber to focus on their lives, their hopes, their aspirations," he will say.
The President will offer what he calls "concrete, practical proposals" for economic growth and enhanced opportunity, according to the transcripts. While some of his ideas will require congressional action, he has vowed to accomplish parts of his agenda without Congress.
"Wherever and whenever I can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American families, that's what I'm going to do," Obama will say.
Obama failed to get any of his top 2013 State of the Union priorities -- a jobs program, gun control and sweeping immigration reform -- through Congress. He goes into tonight's speech with only a 43% job-approval rating. The President hopes to use this State of the Union speech to rebuild his standing enough to force action on some of his priorities.
You can watch the State of the Union speech live starting at 9 p.m. ET on your mobile device, CNN.com and CNN TV. We'll also be live blogging it at CNN.com. And follow along with CNN's Peter Hamby, Republican strategist Tim Miller and former Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor as they provide running perspective.
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