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Joint meeting Address Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force: October 5, 1945 Joint meeting Address Chester W. Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet: October 23, 1945 Joint session Universal military training message Harry S. Truman, President of the United States November 13, 1945 Joint meeting Address
On December 18, 1874, Kalākaua was the first person in history received by the United States Congress in a joint meeting. This differs from a joint session of Congress, which requires the adoption of a concurrent resolution. Joint meetings of Congress are rare, and another one was not called until the 1900 Centennial of the Capital City. [29]
The Constitution forbids Congress from meeting elsewhere. A term of Congress is divided into two "sessions", one for each year; Congress has occasionally also been called into an extra, (or special) session (the Constitution requires Congress to meet at least once each year). A new session commences each year on January 3, unless Congress ...
0–9. February 1981 Ronald Reagan speech to a joint session of Congress; 1989 George H. W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress; February 1993 Bill Clinton speech to a joint session of Congress
Whether confirmation hearings (a procedure unique to the United States Senate), legislative, oversight, investigative, or a combination of these, all hearings share common elements of preparation and conduct. Hearings usually include oral testimony from witnesses and questioning of the witnesses by members of Congress.
A joint session or joint convention is, most broadly, when two normally separate decision-making groups meet, often in a special session or other extraordinary meeting, for a specific purpose. Most often it refers to when both houses of a bicameral legislature sit together.
For purpose of seniority on joint committees, total time in Congress—Senate and House—is counted.Most joint committees rotate their chair and vice chair position between each chamber's majority at the end of a congressional term (two years), except for Taxation, which starts each term led by the House and rotates to the Senate at the end of each term's session (one calendar year).
Includes links to all permanent and joint committees, excepting the Helsinki Commission. Congressional Directory: Main Page, Government Printing Office Online. Detailed listings of many aspects of previous memberships and sessions of Congress. Committees of the U.S. Congress. Congress.gov. Library of Congress. U.S. Congressional Biographical ...