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Doug Bereuter: “Nothing in the Constitution says a president must deliver a prime-time, televised speech from the House of…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1999
Nothing in the Constitution says a president must deliver a prime-time, televised speech from the House of Representatives every year.
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Doug Bereuter
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congress.gov
Jan 6, 1999

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Discussion on the constitutional requirements for the State of the Union address.

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