United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Democrat of California) calls the Joint Session to order as she awaits the arrival of 27 Jan 2010

United States Senator Pat Leahy (Democrat of Vermont), center, and U.S. Representative Joseph Crowley (Democrat of New York) sha 27 Jan 2010

United States Representative Joseph Crowley (Democrat of New York), left, points out a guest in the gallery to U.S. Representati 27 Jan 2010

First lady Michelle Obama looks on from her gallery as she arrives prior to United States President Barack Obama delivering his 27 Jan 2010

United States Representative Lorretta Sanchez (Democrat of California) enjoys a lolipop as she awaits the arrival of U.S. Presid 27 Jan 2010

United States House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (Democrat of Maryland), left, and U.S. Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi (D 27 Jan 2010

United States President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union Address in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Represent 27 Jan 2010

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Ruth Bader Ginsburg arrives for U.S. President Barack Obama's first State o 27 Jan 2010

United States House Republican Leader John Boehner (Republican of Ohio), right, and U.S. House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (Repu 27 Jan 2010

United States Senators John McCain (Republican of Arizona), left, and Charles Grassley (Republican of Iowa) applaud during Presi 27 Jan 2010

Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget, applauds as United States President Barack Obama delivers his first Sta 27 Jan 2010

United States House Majority Whip James Clyburn (Democrat of South Carolina) applauds as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers hi 27 Jan 2010

United States President Barack Obama gestures towards a member of Congress as he enters the Chamber of the U.S. House of Represe 27 Jan 2010

United States President Barack Obama delivers his first State of the Union Address in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Represent 27 Jan 2010

United States Representative Lorretta Sanchez (Democrat of California) applauds as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his firs 27 Jan 2010

United States Representative John Lewis (Democrat of Georgia), right, flashes a thumbs-up to an unidentified guest in the galler 27 Jan 2010

United States President Barack Obama shakes hands with an unidentified member of Congress as he shares a thought with U.S. Senat 27 Jan 2010

First lady Michelle Obama, right, hugs Kimberly Munley, the police officer who stopped the Fort Hood Massacre, left, prior to Un 27 Jan 2010

United States Senators Lindsay Graham (Republican of South Carolina), left, and John McCain (Republican of Arizona), right, shar 27 Jan 2010

United States Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Speaker of the U.S. House Nancy Pelosi (Democrat of California), right, app 27 Jan 2010