Obama Prepares to Go Back on the Road, 2015 To-Do List in Hand
US President Barack Obama speaks at a Democratic campaign rally for US Senate candidate Gary Peters and candidate for Michigan Governor Mark Schauer at the Matthaei Center at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, November 1, 2014.
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty ImagesKnowing the new Congress will steal his thunder when it convenes in Washington next week, President Barack Obama is hitting the road to try to draw some attention to his own agenda.
Days after he returns from his annual family vacation in Hawaii, the president plans to visit Michigan on Jan. 7, Arizona on Jan. 8, and Tennessee with Vice President Joe Biden on Jan. 9. Throughout the week, Obama will announce a mix of executive actions and legislative proposals. He'll also preview plans that will be spelled out in greater detail in his State of the Union address later this month.