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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_Two_of_the_United_States_Constitution#Section_3:_Presidential_responsibilities


39 posted on 01/16/2019 11:25:20 AM PST by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6

Ah...Covered by the Period Clause.


52 posted on 01/16/2019 11:26:58 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is what I read in the papers.)
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Thomas Jefferson, who felt that the procedure (of annual address to Congress) resembled the speech from the throne delivered by British monarchs, chose instead to send written messages to Congress for reading by clerks. Jefferson’s procedure was followed by future Presidents until Woodrow Wilson reverted to the former procedure of personally addressing Congress, which has continued to this day.
That is how Wikipedia renders it, and it reveals how Wilson saw himself. Nothing prohibiting any variation from an address to Congress.
85 posted on 01/16/2019 11:33:52 AM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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