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Originally Posted by AGDee
I honestly had not heard last night's talk addressed as "The State of the Union Address". All of my TV listings said "Presidential Speech to Congress." Previous presidents have not done a state of the union address the year that they were elected. ( http://www.gpoaccess.gov/sou/index.html) That site lists the Inaugural Address instead for those years. |
Right. I mentioned that a few posts earlier. But, the speech to a joint session of Congress (which can only be at Congress's invitation) by a new president is essentially a State of the Union equivalent. For all intents and purposes, it is treated like a State of the Union, even if it isn't called one. (Prior to 1989, it
was called a State of the Union Address.)
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Originally Posted by KSig RC
This seems laughably inappropriate - a member of Congress acting starstruck by the President? Seriously?
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I couldn't make this stuff up.