In his State of the Union speech, President Obama issued a powerful challenge to the nation’s lawmakers, to the conservatives trying to obstruct progress, and to people like us. His message was clear: it’s time to put middle class Americans ahead of Wall Street bankers and their seven figure bonus checks.

It’s time to put the middle class that built this country back to work, and there’s no excuse for delay. President Obama called upon Congress to get a new jobs bill on his desk immediately. Let’s send them a message now and tell them we expect nothing less than swift, strong action to restore middle class security.