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The year is 1949. Much of what is passed by Congress with the backing of LBJ in the 1960s as the Great Society is introduced in this speech....

It was - as you hopefully guessed - delivered by George Washington. - Click here for the text . For comparison's sake with the one r...

The title speaks for itself. If you click on the article, you'll that the following graphic is dynamic, so you can follow how the readin...

The clause reads as follows: "[The President] shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.......

If you like maps and charts, you'll like this page. - Click here for it . It contains info about both the state of the union and the rel...

That seems to be the phrase used most often to refer to the proposals the president made in Tuesday's speech - so it's the new hip p...

This might help 2305 students formulate answer to this week's written assignment. It touches on the ideological implications of Obama...

This think is pretty fun. - Click here for it . You can compare the frequency of words used in SOTU's over American history.

For 2305's first assignment: - Transcript of the SOTU . - Fact check from Politifact . - Transcript of the GOP response . - Fact check f...

Here's the first of a few random posts related to the state of the union address. Real Clear Politics lists its top ten speeches and exp...

For general comments and links click here for a couple posts from the Dish: - Live-Blogging The SOTU 2014 - SOTU 2014: Reax

According to the Washington Post anyway. Here they are: 1 - FDR's 1941 Four Freedom's Speech . 2 - LBJ's 1964 War on Poverty Spe...

This week there are separate assignments for 2305 and 2306. For GOVT 2305: On Tuesday President Obama is scheduled to give his state of the ...

Majorities of Republicans, Democrats and Independents agree, which suggests - but does not guarantee - that this will be on the agenda of Co...

I am without speech. Ted and Sheila have an excellent adventure.

The NYT covers the speech here and The Dish links to various reactions here - including a few live-blogs. The consensus opinion is that ...

The State of the Union Address is tonight - which is how presidents fulfill the requirement that they provide information from time to time...

Romney's revelation that he paid a 13.9% effective tax rate on his recent taxes may spur attention to tax reform. Both former TX Rep. Ma...

NYT reports on the two separate responses given to the SOTUS : In the party’s official reply, which immediately followed President Obama’s...

As compiled by Andrew Sullivan . There were two Republican responses . Does this indicate a rift within the caucus? Neat little graphic ...