Star Tribune: Congress selects State of the Union guests with message in mind

Seats at President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night will be filled with the legislative priorities of the 113th Congress.

On a night when the president lays out his blueprint for the year, members of Congress often choose their guests to convey a message of their own: the person often symbolizes a policy or issue the lawmaker is promoting.

In Minnesota, those issues range from job training and fighting poverty to ending child sex trafficking and repealing President Obama’s health care law.

Here’s a member-by-member look at the guests of the state’s congressional delegation:

U.S. Sen. Al Franken will host Erick Ajax, vice president and co-owner of E.J. Ajax and Sons, a Minneapolis-based metal-stamping company. Franken has introduced legislation that would create a multi-billion dollar grant program to fund partnerships between businesses and two-year colleges to fill job openings in high-demand fields.

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