Declaring that the nation faces big decisions like those it confronted at the dawn of the space race, President Barack Obama called for sweeping "investment" in science, education and infrastructure in his State of the Union address Tuesday night — all without increasing government spending.
Pursuing a path of deficit reduction and government reform, President Obama will tonight in his State of the Union address call for a ban on earmarks and he will propose an overall budget freeze, ABC News has learned.
The proposals come as the president prepares to tackle the deficit and debt and as he faces a House of Representatives in Republican hands, many of whose members include those affili