3-Word Stories: State of the Union Edition – Roll Call

3-Word Stories: State of the Union Edition

By Cristina Marcos, Cyra Master, Emily Cahn and Sarah Chacko

Posted January 29, 2014 at 12:43am

We sent CQ Roll Call reporters Emily Cahn, Sarah Chacko and Cristina Marcos to Statuary Hall after President Barack Obama’s 2014 State of the Union address to get reactions from members of Congress in their own words (and their own handwriting!) You can see the original #SOTUin3words photos on Instagram , or view them all in one place below.

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