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Lately it has been given every year in the evening in late January, but the date is up to the president. Not so very long ago it was given in December. It can be either written or oral, but since Woodrow Wilson, presidents prefer to deliver it orally in person .
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The Constitution requires the president to give Congress information on this?
State of the Union Article II, Section 3, Clause 1
What is the first duty of the president?
The first duty of the President is to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Before the President takes office he swears this oath on the Bible.
The president communicates directly to the people in an annual?
The president is required to give an annual State of the Union address to Congress, and presidents frequently use this speech as an opportunity to propose a legislative agenda for Congress.
Annual presidential speech to congress?
The State of the Union speech or address is what they call this constitutionally mandated report to Congress. The report may be written or oral and does not have to be given every year, but modern presidents have been giving it annually in person to a joint session of Congress in January.
Whose duty is it to keep congress informed of the state of the union?
It is the duty of the President of the United States, under Article II Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States of America: He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary Occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; he shall receive Ambassadors and other public Ministers; he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed, and shall Commission all the Officers of the United States.
