Obama acknowledges applause before addressing a joint session of Congress &amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/24/obama.speech/index.html&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot;&amp;gt;for the first time&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; on February 24, 2009. The President focused on the three priorities of the budget he presented to Congress later in the week: energy, health care and education.