Roy Blunt in 2014 State of the Union address

On Energy & Oil: Every GOP Senator wants Keystong XL pipeline

On Government Reform: Executive Orders bypass Congress and the Constitution

Responding to similar comments, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said it should be no surprise that Obama will discuss executive branch actions. "I think it's a pretty narrow view of a State of the Union address to suggest that he's speaking to the members of the Senate and the House alone. They're physically in the room, but millions of Americans are tuning in, and the president's speaking to every American," Carney said. "There are elected representatives and folks across the country sitting in their living rooms or their kitchens and watching a president give his State of the Union address."

On Government Reform: More government creates inequality crisis of opportunity

On Welfare & Poverty: Obama's "Year of Action" on poverty is "more of the same"

"We don't need more class warfare, and don't need more interference from Washington. No government program can replace what a good job means for the future of a family," Blunt said. "Republicans are ready to turn these policies around and launch a year of action, starting with fixing our broken health care system." Blunt insists that the president's own policies have hurt poor families disproportionately by stifling job creation.