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To: oldbrowser

The constitution mandates that the president give a once-a-year state of the union address.


72 posted on 01/27/2014 10:09:13 AM PST by erkelly (Never underestimate the stupidity of the stupid party!)
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To: erkelly
The constitution mandates that the president give a once-a-year state of the union address.

The Constitution doesn't say that the President needs to give an address at all. It merely states that he is required to report on the state of the union. It can be delivered to Congress in written form, but Presidents love to take the opportunity of the SOTU to grandstand.

114 posted on 01/27/2014 1:53:50 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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