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in front of a joint session of congress in washington dc.
to address the economic crisis
Not exactly. The President is not allowed to declare way; the Constitution reserves this power to the Congress. But on December 8, 1941, President Roosevelt addressed a special session of Congress and requested that Congress declare that a state of war existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire.
It was a speech by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a joint session of congress the day after Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. The attack took place on December 6, 1941 and Roosevelt said it was a "day of infamy". He also declared war on Imperial Japan in that speech.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt referred to the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 as "a date which will live in infamy." He made the comment on the day after the attack, in an address before a joint session of Congress. Roosevelt asked the Congress to approve a declaration of war against Japan.
pearl harbour address to the nation
When an unscheduled session is called by the President it is called a special session. Special sessions may be convened to address special topics, or emergencies such as war or natural disaster.
Wyomeshchandra Banerji was the president of 1st session of the congress in mumbai in 1885.
FDR gave his Infamy speech before a joint session of Congress. The House chamber of the Capitol, which is in the south wing, has the appointments to accommodate such things. The State of the Union address by the President is traditionally given there.
The president has the power to prorogue a session of congress. This can happen only if two houses cannot agree on a date for adjournment.
Such would be a special session or perhaps a called session of Congress.
In the chamber of the House of Representatives in the U.S. Capitol before a joint session of Congress on December 8, 1941.