I don't think the date has been announced yet (12/2/09), but it generally comes during the week after the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday -- most often on a Tuesday or Wednesday.
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The MLK Holiday is Monday, January 18 in 2010, so the most likely days for the SOTU speech would be Tuesday, January 26 or Wednesday, January 27. (This is generally followed about two weeks later by the release of the President's Budget for the next fiscal year.)
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That's a good general rule, but the date is not carved in stone. The only requirement is the constitutional one that the President report to the Congress on the state of the Union. (It actually doesn't have to be a speech. Washington and Adams gave speeches; Jefferson sent a long letter, and that stayed the tradition until the early 20th century.)
I don't think the date has been announced yet (12/2/09), but it generally comes during the week after the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday -- most often on a Tuesday or Wednesday.
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The MLK Holiday is Monday, January 18 in 2010, so the most likely days for the SOTU speech would be Tuesday, January 26 or Wednesday, January 27. (This is generally followed about two weeks later by the release of the President's Budget for the next fiscal year.)
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That's a good general rule, but the date is not carved in stone. The only requirement is the constitutional one that the President report to the Congress on the state of the Union. (It actually doesn't have to be a speech. Washington and Adams gave speeches; Jefferson sent a long letter, and that stayed the tradition until the early 20th century.)
When is the governor of Michigan State of the state address in 2010?
Yes. All Connecticut civil unions were legislatively converted to marriages in 2010 and the state of Iowa recognizes them as marriages, as they do any other out-of-state same-sex marriage.
Yes. All Connecticut civil unions were legislatively converted to marriages in 2010 and the state of California recognizes them as marriages, as they do any other out-of-state same-sex marriage.
No. Civil unions previously registered in Connecticut were legislatively converted to marriages on October 1, 2010. Although Colorado permits and recognizes civil unions, its state constitution prohibits recognition of same-sexmarriages.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
it is on jan. 26
It is at 9pm EST on January 27th 2010.
Wednesday, January 27, 9pm
Wrigley Field
Savannah Guthrie
John Adams
The first U.S. state to adopt civil unions was Vermont in 2000.