Senators have unanimously adopted a joint resolution (H. Con. Res. 228) providing “for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.”
This is the formal resolution allowing the House and Senate to gather together and listen to President Obama’s State of the Union address.
Here’s the actual text, in case you’re interested in the formalities necessary for the President to address Congress:
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the two Houses of Congress assemble in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, January 27, 2010, at 9 p.m., for the purpose of receiving such communication as the President of the United States shall be pleased to make to them.
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