When is the date for the state of the union address for 2010?

Answer 1

UPDATED:watch and read the video and transcript below. click the related links.

Pelosi and Reid Formally Invite President Obama to Address Congress Washington, D.C.-- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent the following letter today to President Obama inviting him to address a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Pelosi and Reid met Tuesday with the President at the White House to personally extend this invitation, which the President accepted. Now that the House and Senate have passed concurrent resolutions authorizing the Joint Session, Pelosi and Reid have written to the President to extend the formal invitation. http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2009/02/obama_addresses_joint_session.html __________________________________________ Previous Answer Post: The inaugural address takes place January 20, 2009. CORRECTION: The State of the Union Address (SOTU) should not be confused with the Inaugural Address. It is mandated in the Constitution that the President "shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union..." (Article II, Section 3) According to one political blog: ...the expectation is that, yes, there will be an early 2009 State of the Union address. But given that President-elect Obama's inauguration takes place a week or so before the SOTU is traditionally given, the plan, as of right now, is to push the formal State of the Union into early February. Note: the speech might not be labeled as a "State of the Union" -- it might be labeled an "economic address." http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/11/will_there_be_a_state_of_the_u.php

Even though in recent decades presidents have typically used the SOTU speech as an opportunity to promote their policy agendas for the coming year, the "reporting" requirement in the Constitution actually refers to the previous year, and in transition years, to the previous president. For much of the nation's history, presidents responded in written form rather than with the speeches common today. So, while President-elect Obama will very likely address a joint session of Congress and the nation with a speech that looks like a SOTU address, to comply with the Constitution President Bush will be expected to prepare and submit his final report on the State of the Union under his last year and deliver it to Congress before he leaves office. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou.php

Answer 2

January 27, 2010 at 9 p.m. EST

The State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama's first, will be given on Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 9 p.m. eastern. President Obama's speech to Congress will be broadcast live on television as well as streamed live on whitehouse.gov.

Background: When the White House announced they might move the date to February 2, many fans of the TV show LOST were angered because the premiere of the sixth and final season would fall on that same date and ABC would have to delay it. However, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs did assure reporters on January 8 that it would not coincide with the three-hour season premiere of LOST.

It is thought that Obama wishes to delay the speech to give Congress more time to work on health care reform, something he wishes to highlight in the State of the Union.

See related links for more on the scheduling conflicts.

Answer 3

President Obama will deliver his second State of the Union address to a joint session of congress on Wednesday, January 27th (9pm EST).

Answer 4

January 26, 2011