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Obama Administration to Answer Questions from Patch Readers

Five questions will be selected from across all Patch sites.

The Obama Administration has announced it would like to answer questions from local Patch readers.

Five questions will be selected from across all Patch sites and answered in video format similar to this by someone in the Administration.

According to news reports out of Washington, during his State of the Union address—scheduled for 6 p.m. local time tonight—the president is expected to push for higher taxes on the wealthy, as well as offer strategies on how to fix the housing crisis, spur job growth, restore the middle class, and make college more affordable.

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The president will have a window of time to pitch the nation on why he should get another four years.

The address comes as Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney gets set to release his much-anticipated tax returns, which should add to the already red-hot infighting among the GOP four who are still standing in the race for the White House.

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Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have put on a show for political-watchers. Romney and Gingrich swapped barbs during a heated campaign debate Monday night in Tampa, Fla. The verbal sparring followed an upset over the weekend in the South Carolina primary that saw a Gingrich victory.

Questions for the Obama Administration should be submitted to your Patch editor, Maggie Avants, via email at maggie.avants@patch.com.

Submissions should include the person's name, city and state, Twitter handle, email address and question. Please submit by 11 p.m. tonight, Jan. 24, in order for them to be considered.


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