state of the Union adress
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- Created on: 01-02-18 10:17
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- State of The Union address
- Check on congress
- The President recommends legislation to congress every year
- It is the presidents main opportunity to lay out their legislative agenda
- State of the Union is president saying to congress "this is what I want you to debate and pass into law
- Obama used this to get healthcare across the line-->"get it done"
- 2 months later he signed the Affordable care act into law
- Propose legislation
- Gives the presidents ideas mass media attention
- President was elected to propose legislation-->Congress duty to pass is
- 2013 Obama used State of the Union to promote his policies on immigration, gun control and increasing the minimum wage
- Check on congress
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