3 Mar 2021 7:10 am
solon » 01 Mar 2021, 1:30 pm » wrote: ↑ Well we agree on this. If the SOU went away I would be happy as a clam that it did
In an inauguration year the the practice has been for the incoming president to not give a SOTU address. They will address a joint session shortly after their inauguration.
In Contemporary Practice, Is There a State of the Union Address Every Year?
The past six Presidents have chosen not to give an official State of the Union address the year they were first inaugurated, having just previously delivered an inaugural address. In each instance their first speech to a joint session of Congress closely followed their inauguration, but was not officially categorized as a “State of the Union Message.” For example, President Donald Trump’s 2017 address was entitled “Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress.” .2
Some recent Presidents have also preferred not to deliver a State of the Union address immediately prior to their departure from office, although several have given farewell addresses in the last days of their presidencies. President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell message, broadcast to the nation on January 17, 1961, became famous for its warnings against the “military-industrial complex.”
3 Conversely, outgoing and incoming Presidents have occasionally given successive State of the Union addresses within weeks of each other. President Harry Truman’s final message, delivered in printed form to Congress on January 7, 1953, was closely followed by President Eisenhower’s first message, delivered in person at the Capitol on February 2, 1953.4
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R44770.pdf
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