Back خطاب حالة الاتحاد Arabic Govor o stanju Unije BS Zpráva o stavu Unie Czech State of the Union address Danish State of the Union Address German Λόγος "State of the Union" Greek Parolado pri la stato de la Unio Esperanto Discurso del estado de la Unión Spanish سخنرانی وضعیت کشور آمریکا Persian Kansakunnan tila -puhe Finnish

State of the Union

For the 2024 State of the Union address, see 2024 State of the Union Address. For other uses, see State of the Union (disambiguation).

Woodrow Wilson giving his first State of the Union address on December 2, 1913. This was the first time since 1801 that such an address was made in person before a joint session of Congress,[1] initiating the modern trend with regard to the State of the Union address.[2]

The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of most calendar years on the current condition of the nation.[3][4] The State of the Union Address generally includes reports on the nation's budget, economy, news, agenda, progress, achievements and the president's priorities and legislative proposals.[5]

The address fulfills the requirement in Article II, Section 3, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution for the president to periodically "give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."[3] During most of the country's first century, the president primarily submitted only a written report to Congress. After 1913, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th U.S. president, began the regular practice of delivering the address to Congress in person as a way to rally support for the president's agenda, while also submitting a more detailed report.[3] With the advent of radio and television, the address is now broadcast live in all United States time zones on many networks.[6]

The speech is generally held in January or February, and an invitation to the president is extended to use the chamber of the House by the speaker of the House. Starting in 1981, Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president, began the practice of newly inaugurated presidents delivering an address to Congress in the first year of their term but not designating that speech an official "State of the Union".[7]

  1. ^ Hendrix, J. A. (Summer 1966). "Presidential addresses to congress: Woodrow Wilson and the Jeffersonian tradition". The Southern Speech Journal. 31 (4): 285–294. doi:10.1080/10417946609371831.
  2. ^ "State of the Union Addresses and Messages: research notes by Gerhard Peters". The American Presidency Project (APP). Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "State of the Union Address | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives". history.house.gov. Retrieved January 28, 2018.
  4. ^ Diaz, Daniella (February 28, 2017). "Why Trump's Tuesday speech isn't a State of the Union address". CNN. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  5. ^ "Ben's Guide to U.S. Government". United States Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on February 25, 2009.
  6. ^ "31.7 Million Viewers Tune in to Watch Pres. Obama's State of the Union Address". The Nielsen Company (Press release). January 21, 2015. On Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address. The address was carried live from 9:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on 13 networks and tape-delayed on Univision.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference CRS2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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