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SOTU: A brief history

By Nathan Ouellette

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Did you know the State of the Union used to be delivered in a thick written report instead of spoken to a joint session of Congress? That minority responses didn’t begin until 1966? Watch as Roll Call breaks down a brief history of the State of the Union address.

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