State of the Union Address

The State of the Union Address is a speech the president of the United States of America gives every year, usually in January. In the speech the president talks about how the country is doing and what plans he will be proposing for that year.

According to tradition, president speaks with its appeal annual. The US Constitution it does not set clear terms such appeals. Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution reads "He shall from time to time 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".

Before the president enters the congressional chamber of the United States Capitol, the Sergeant at Arms always yells: "Mister/Madam Speaker, the President of the United States".

State Of The Union Address Media

• CONGRESS, U.S. OPENING MESSAGE, 63RD CONGRESS.jpg

  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, initiating the modern trend with regard to the State of the Union address.

• Washington - State of the Union.djvu

  Washington - State of the Union

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  Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933

• President Ronald Reagan's First State of the Union Address 1982.gif

  The text of the first page of Ronald Reagan's first State of the Union Address, given January 26, 1982

• Livingood Obama State of the Union 2011.jpg

  The sergeants at arms of the House (left) and of the Senate (right) wait at the doorway to the House chamber before President Barack Obama enters to deliver the 2011 State of the Union Address.

• 2007 State of the Union Address – George W. Bush Library.webm

  President George W. Bush with Senate President (U.S. vice president) Dick Cheney and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the 2007 State of the Union Address. It marked the first time that a woman occupied the House Speaker chair.

• President Trump Delivers the State of the Union Address.webm

  President Donald Trump delivering the 2018 State of the Union Address

• Second Bill of Rights Speech.ogv

  Franklin Roosevelt proposing a Second Bill of Rights, 1944

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  Freedom from Fear from Norman Rockwell, 1943

• Bush State of the Union 2002.ogg

  George W. Bush delivering the 2002 State of the Union