State of the Union Address

According to the Atlantic Magazine Reporter, Mark Ambinder, the 2009 State of the Union (economic address) will be in early February. Obama's budget is due mid February.

The presidential line of succession goes like this: 1) vice-president 2) Speaker of the Hosue 3) President Pro Tempore of the Senate 4) Members of the Cabinet in the order in which the departments were created. This means that if the president dies, resigns or is removed from office, the vice-president becomes president. If the president and vice-president die, resign or are removed from office, then the Speaker of the House becomes president, etc. etc. Since all 18 people in the presidential line of succession could potentially be at the president's state of the union address, one Cabinet member does not attend in case there would be some sort of disastrous bombing at the State of the Union Address that killed the president, vice-president, speaker of the house, president pro tempore of the senate and the Cabinet members. The surviving Cabinet member who is not at the state of the union address becomes president so that if nothing else, the American people know who their leader is. In 2008, the Cabinet member that did not attend was Dirk Kempthorne.

There is no set person. The Constitution requires that the President shall inform the Congress of the "state of the Union". It doesn't have to be a speech, and it doesn't have to be every year. The habit of the formal "state of the union" speech has come from television!

About 20 years ago, the opposition party in Congress noted that the President always got prime time for the SOTU speech, and demanded "equal time". This was seen as fair since the President's speech was more political than functional. Since then, a member of the opposition party has been traditionally given some time to make its point in response to the SOTU speech.

Too frequently, the President has used the SOTU as just another campaign speech rather than really reporting to Congress on the current state of the country.

The president, who heads the executive branch of government, makes a state of the union address to Congress every year.

Yes, the State of the Union address is required by law. Under Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, the President is mandated to "from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union." While the Constitution does not specify the frequency or manner of the address, it has traditionally been delivered annually.

The State of the Union address is a formal power of the President of the United States. It is mandated by the Constitution, requiring the President to periodically report on the state of the nation and recommend measures to Congress. This event is a significant aspect of the President's role, serving to outline the administration's priorities and policy goals in a formal setting.

In 2008, it was Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi who announced President George W. Bush for the State of the Union address. Pelosi assumed the role of Speaker in 2007, becoming the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. government at that time.

Mrs.Speaker,Vice president Bart,Members of the United States Congress,and fellow Americans,when i became vice president of the United States in 2033,people were worried about their own money.In 2034,the economy suddenly collapsed.Many people were about to lose their jobs,their home,and their very own money.I believe that we can make our economy equal once again and for all.By doing that,we are going to use equilibrium within the American economy.Thank you all and may God bless the United States of America.

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Obama , B. The White House, Office of the Press Secretary. (2011). Remarks by the president in state of union addressWashington, D.C.: Retrieved from URL address.

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