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To: PROCON

Actually, I believe that it is one of the duties of the PTOS that the constitution mandates; the president must give a state of union report to congress each year.


30 posted on 12/05/2014 6:04:41 PM PST by erkelly
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To: erkelly

Until 1913, it was a letter delivered to Congress and read by the Clerk of the House. Wilson changed it to a major event in 1913.


31 posted on 12/05/2014 6:05:44 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: erkelly

They should stand him up front and tell him what the state of the union is.


35 posted on 12/05/2014 7:20:00 PM PST by DeWalt (Times are more like they used to be than they are today.)
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