A joint session of the United States Congress is a gathering of members of the two chambers of the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States: the Senate and the House of Rep
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Indonesian president Sukarno addresses Congress in 1956. Sitting behind him Vice President Nixon and Speaker Rayburn. He is the only Indonesian president to address a joint session of Congress.
Pope Francis addresses Congress in 2015. Behind him are Vice President Biden and Speaker Boehner.
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Day of Infamy speech
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The "Day of Infamy" speech, sometimes referred to as the Infamy speech, was a speech delivered by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States, to a joint session of Congress on Dece
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…for the counting of electoral votes. On December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the "Day of Infamy speech" to a joint session of Congress. Less than an hour later, Congress issued a formal declaration of war against Japan and officially brought the U.S…
Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940
Roosevelt delivering the speech to the Congress
The wreckage of USS Arizona ablaze after the attack