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The Independent
04-03-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Why Trump's speech to Congress won't be a ‘State of the Union' address
It will look like the State of the Union, and will be broadcast on live television, but it's called something else entirely: a joint address to Congress. President Donald Trump will stand at the front of the U.S. House chamber to address a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term in office, on Tuesday night. The joint address has its origins in the first term of President Ronald Reagan. The U.S. Constitution requires that the president updates Congress and recommends policies, although the founding document doesn't specify precisely when that address should take place. Usually, presidents will deliver those remarks in January or February, reflecting on events of the previous year and outlining their policy priorities for the coming one. The message used to be known as 'the President's Annual Message to Congress.' In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began referring to it as the 'Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union.' Shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981, Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress, remarks that were called 'Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery,' according to The American Presidency Project, at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton followed suit in their own first years in office, with 1989 and 1993 messages both entitled 'Administration Goals.' In 2001, President George W. Bush's speech was his 'Budget Message.' According to the American Presidency Project, the impacts of these first-year speeches should be considered to have the same heft as the State of the Union addresses that follow in subsequent years. And, just like the State of the Union address, the opposing party to the one that occupies the White House gives a brief speech in response, which, like the president's remarks, is televised. This year's will be delivered by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Why Trump's Speech Technically Isn't a State of the Union Address
President Donald Trump speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 2025. Credit - Roberto Schmidt—AFP/Getty Images President Donald Trump may walk into the Capitol like it's a State of the Union. He may talk like it's a State of the Union. But technically, the big speech he gives on Tuesday before a joint session of Congress is not a State of the Union address. That's mostly due to tradition. While Article II of the Constitution mandates Presidents to 'from time to time' give Congress 'Information of the State of the Union,' early reports varied in frequency and form. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS): 'Between 1801 and 1913, Presidents fulfilled their constitutional duty by sending their yearly report as a formal written letter to Congress.' It was President Woodrow Wilson who in 1913 revived the practice—started by George Washington in 1790—of delivering an oral address to Congress, though some subsequent Presidents still delivered a written message in addition or instead. The report was referred to as an Annual Message until President Franklin D. Roosevelt, according to CRS, 'applied the constitutional language 'State of the Union,' both to the message and the event, which became the popular nomenclature from his presidency forward.' The 'State of the Union Address' title became official in 1947 during Harry Truman's administration, according to the House Office of the Historian. That was also the first televised State of the Union. Prior to the 20th Amendment, which in 1933 formalized the swearing in of new members of Congress to Jan. 3 and new Presidents from March 4 to Jan. 20, the Annual Message was typically delivered in December. Beginning in 1934, 10 months into Roosevelt's first term, the State of the Union began to be delivered at the beginning of the year (usually January or February but recently as late as March). But the new timing created a question of whose responsibility it was to deliver the report in an inauguration year: the outgoing or incoming President? According to another CRS report, some Presidents 'have chosen not to deliver a State of the Union address in the last January before they depart from office, or in the year they were inaugurated.' But not in 1981. That year, outgoing President Jimmy Carter delivered a written message to Congress on Jan. 16, and newly-inaugurated President Ronald Reagan delivered an oral address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 18. But Reagan started a new tradition: his inauguration-year speech to Congress explicitly was not a State of the Union address. Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Trump, and Joe Biden have all followed suit, delivering speeches that are not State of the Union addresses to a joint session of Congress in the weeks after their inauguration. (Reagan called his speech 'Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery,' while the Bushes and Clinton called theirs addresses 'on Administration Goals,' and Obama, Trump, and Biden simply called theirs 'Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress.') But the fact that these speeches are technically not State of the Union addresses makes little difference, according to the American Presidency Project, which says the 'impact of such a speech on public, media, and congressional perceptions of presidential leadership and power should be the same.' For Trump's part, the speech on Tuesday will be an opportunity for him to discuss the first six weeks of his second term that have upended Washington and the world and to outline his agenda for the weeks and years ahead. 'TOMORROW NIGHT WILL BE BIG,' Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday. 'I WILL TELL IT LIKE IT IS!' Contact us at letters@
Boston Globe
04-03-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Why Trump's joint remarks to Congress won't be a ‘State of the Union' address
Usually, presidents will deliver those remarks in January or February, reflecting on events of the previous year and outlining their policy priorities for the coming one. The message used to be known as 'the President's Annual Message to Congress.' In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began referring to it as the 'Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union.' Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981, Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress, remarks that were called 'Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery,' according to The American Presidency Project, at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Advertisement Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton followed suit in their own first years in office, with 1989 and 1993 messages both entitled 'Administration Goals.' In 2001, President George W. Bush's speech was his 'Budget Message.' According to the American Presidency Project, the impacts of these first-year speeches should be considered to have the same heft as the State of the Union addresses that follow in subsequent years. And, just like the State of the Union address, the opposing party to the one that occupies the White House gives a brief speech in response, which, like the president's remarks, is televised. This year's will be delivered by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
Associated Press
04-03-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Why Trump's joint remarks to Congress won't be a ‘State of the Union' address
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday night will stand at the front of the U.S. House chamber to address a joint session of Congress, the first of his second term in office. It looks like the State of the Union, and will be carried on live television, just like those annual addresses are. But it's called something else: a joint address to Congress. And it has its origins in the first term of President Ronald Reagan. The U.S. Constitution requires that the president updates Congress and recommends policies, although the founding document doesn't specify precisely when that address should take place. Usually, presidents will deliver those remarks in January or February, reflecting on events of the previous year and outlining their policy priorities for the coming one. The message used to be known as 'the President's Annual Message to Congress.' In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt began referring to it as the 'Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union.' Shortly after he was sworn in for his first term in 1981, Reagan addressed a joint session of Congress, remarks that were called 'Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the Program for Economic Recovery,' according to The American Presidency Project, at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton followed suit in their own first years in office, with 1989 and 1993 messages both entitled 'Administration Goals.' In 2001, President George W. Bush's speech was his 'Budget Message.' According to the American Presidency Project, the impacts of these first-year speeches should be considered to have the same heft as the State of the Union addresses that follow in subsequent years. And, just like the State of the Union address, the opposing party to the one that occupies the White House gives a brief speech in response, which, like the president's remarks, is televised. This year's will be delivered by Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan. ___
