Obama's State of the Union Proposals Face Rough Going.

The article looks at infrastructure spending proposals in the 2012 State of the Union address by U.S. President Barack Obama. The speech included plans for an increase in transportation construction funding, the use of budget savings from the reduced U.S. military activity in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a streamlining of bureaucracy for construction projects. Obama also discussed an energy resource strategy which incorporated offshore drilling, safer natural gas extraction, and clean energy.