Yes. He is only required to report to Congress on the state of the union from time to time. He can send a written report if he wishes and the reports do not necessarily have to done every 12 months.
However, most presidents welcome the opportunity to address the nation and Congress every year in a speech that gets network coverage.
The U.S. Constitution doesn't specify how often the President is to report to Congress regarding the State of the Union; it just says "... from time to time..." Also, the President does not need to read the report. For over a century, from John Adams to William Howard Taft, no President personally delivered the State of the Union report; it was just sent to Congress, where the Clerk read it. Woodrow Wilson revived the tradition of personally addressing Congress regarding the State of the Union.
Yes, he is the one who gives it. He does not have to give it as a speech, but can send it to Congress as a written message if he wishes.
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False; it is stated that the president must address the public from "time to time". No specific time is actually set.
Yes, it is. Article 2, Section 3 requires the president to ". . . from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union. . . "
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The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 3 states in part, "[The president] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient..."
Yes. In the Constitution, an annual state of the union address is explicitly listed as one of the president's job duties.
It has been known as The State of the Union Address since the 1940s; before then it was called "the President's Annual Message to Congress". It does not need to be in the form of a speech, and it does not need to be delivered every year. The U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 3 states, in part, "[The President] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient..." Throughout the 19th century the Presidents sent the State of the Union to Congress in writing, and it was read by the clerk. Woodrow Wilson revived the practice of delivering the State of the Union orally.
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