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A timely reminder that the Speaker of the House controls the chamber where joint sessions are held, and congress is a co-equal branch of government. rawstory.com/2019/01/stephe…
Fun fact: the SOTU used to be submitted to congress as a written report. It's basically a constitutionally required update on the operations of the executive branch, delivered to the branch that controls the purse strings. history.house.gov/Institution/SO…
I think Americans have gotten so used to weak Speakers, they've forgotten how powerful that office actually is, as conceived in Article 1.
