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![U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House John Boehner watch as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 20, 2015.](https://img.money.com/2015/01/2015-01-21t021624z_1190695064_tb3eb1l01.jpg?crop=0px%2C76px%2C3100px%2C1743px&quality=85)
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