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It was Bush's seventh and final State of the Union Address and his eighth and final speech to a joint session of the United States Congress. Presiding over this joint session was the House speaker , Nancy Pelosi , accompanied by Dick Cheney , the vice president , in his capacity as the president of the Senate .
Former President Barack Obama had a quick reply when a staffer asked whether he and former President George W. Bush were going to behave during President Donald Trump’s inauguration. “Nope ...
The practice began in 1966 when Republican Sen. Everett Dirksen and Rep. Gerald Ford appeared on TV to offer a response to the address by Democratic President Lyndon Johnson. [1] The opposition party's response has varied in format, ranging from a prerecorded 45-minute TV program in 1970 [2] to a call-in show in 1972 where a panel of ...
On July 19, 2013, President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney. In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States. [46]
Across the country, over 14 million workers are members of unions, and that voting bloc is one politicians want to please. In Michigan, support from unions can make or break a presidential ...
Wesley Autrey at the State of the Union Address. Toward the end of his speech, President Bush recognized four distinguished Americans. First, he pointed out Dikembe Mutombo, a player in the National Basketball Association. He is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and recently built a new hospital in Kinshasa, his hometown.
Former Republican President George W. Bush has not said if he’s voting for Trump, but in 2020 he reportedly said he would not support his reelection. Bush didn’t have a positive response to ...
On February 12, 2008, Barack Obama mentioned Obama Republicans in his Potomac primary victory speech: "We are bringing together Democrats and independents, and yes, some Republicans. I know there is—I meet them when I'm shaking hands afterwards. There's one right there. An Obamacan, that's what we call them."