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Joint Sessions & Meetings of Congress

Date

Speaker & Occasion

Country

Type*

112th Congress, 2nd Session (2012)

Jan 24

President Barack H. Obama, State of the Union

United States

Jt Session

112th Congress, 1st Session (2011)

Oct 13

Sep 8

May 24

Mar 9

Jan 25

President Lee Myung-bak, Address

President Barack H. Obama message

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Address

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Address

President Barack H. Obama, State of the Union

South Korea

United States

Israel

Australia

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

111th Congress, 2nd Session (2010)

May 20

Jan 27

President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa address

President Barack H. Obama, State of the Union

Mexico

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

111th Congress, 1st Session (2009)

Nov 2

Sep 9

Mar 4

Feb 24

Jan 8

Chancellor Angela Merkel address

President Barack H. Obama message

Prime Minister Gordon Brown address

President Barack H. Obama message

Electoral vote count

Germany

United States

United Kingdom

United States

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

Jt Session

110th Congress, 2nd Session (2008)

Apr 30

Jan 28

Prime Minister Bertie Ahern address

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

Ireland

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

110th Congress, 1st Session (2007)

Nov 7

Mar 7

Jan 23

President Nicolas Sarkozy address

King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein address

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

France

Jordan

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

109th Congress, 2nd Session (2006)

Jul 26

Jun 7

May 24

Mar 15

Mar 1

Jan 31

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki

President Vaira Vike-Freiberga address

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert address

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf address

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi address

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

Iraq

Latvia

Israel

Liberia

Italy

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

109th Congress, 1st Session (2005)

Jul 19

Apr 6

Feb 2

Jan 6

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh address

President Viktor Yushchenko address

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

Electoral vote count

India

Ukraine

United States

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

Jt Session

108th Congress, 2nd Session (2004)

Sep 23

Jun 15

Feb 4

Interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi address

President Hamid Karzai address

President of the Government Jose Maria Aznar address

Iraq

Afghanistan

Spain

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jan 20

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

United States

Jt Session

108th Congress, 1st Session (2003)

Jul 17

Jan 28

Prime Minister Tony Blair address

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

United Kingdom

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

107th Congress, 2nd Session (2002)

Jan 29

President George W. Bush, State of the Union

United States

Jt Session

107th Congress, 1st Session (2001)

Sep 20

President George W. Bush, terrorist attack on WTC/Pentagon

United States

Jt Session

Sep 6

Feb 27

Jan 6

President Vicente Fox address

President George W. Bush economic message

Electoral vote count

Mexico

United States

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

Jt Session

106th Congress, 2nd Session (2000)

Sep 14

Jan 27

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee address

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

India

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

106th Congress, 1st Session (1999)

Jan 19

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

United States

Jt Session

105th Congress, 2nd Session (1998)

Jul 15

Jun 10

Jan 27

President Emil Constantinescu address

President Kim Dae-Jung address

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

Romania

South Korea

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

105th Congress, 1st Sesion (1997)

Feb 27

Feb 4

Jan 9

President Eduardo Frei address

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

Electoral vote count

Chile

United States

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

Jt Session

104th Congress, 2nd Session (1996)

Sep 11

Jul 10

Feb 1

Jan 23

Prime Minister John Bruton address

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu address

President Jacques Chirac address

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

Ireland

Israel

France

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

104th Congress, 1st Session (1995)

Dec 12

Oct 11

Jul 26

Jan 24

Prime Minister Shimon Peres address

50th Anniversary of the end of World War II

President Kim Young Sam address

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

Israel

United States

South Korea

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

103rd Congress, 2nd Session (1994)

Oct 6

Jul 26

President Nelson Mandela address

King Hussein I and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addresses

South Africa

Jordan/Israel

Jt Meeting

Jt Meeting

May 18

Jan 25

Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao address

President William J. Clinton, State of the Union

India

United States

Jt Meeting

Jt Session

103rd Congress, 1st Session (1993)

Sep 22

President William J. Clinton health care reform address

United States

Jt Session

Feb 17

President William J. Clinton administrative goals address

United States

Jt Session

Jan 6

Electoral vote count

United States

Jt Session

*The parliamentary difference between a joint session and a joint meeting has evolved over time.  In recent years the distinctions have become clearer: a joint session is more formal, and occurs upon the adoption of a concurrent resolution; a joint meeting occurs when each legislative body adopts a unanimous consent agreement to recess to meet with the other legislative body.  

Meetings listed date from the present back to 1993.  For a complete list back to 1789, consult the Joint Sessions and Meetings, Addresses to the Senate or the House, and Inaugurationstable in the Congressional Directory.