As of December 2022, there have been 457 joint sessions and joint meetings of the

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†John Howard's address before the Joint Meeting of Congress in 2002 was originally scheduled for September 12, 2001, but was interrupted by the

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. He was already in Washington when the attacks occurred, and sat in on the September 12 session of the House of Representatives.C-SPAN Video Archive footage
of the First Session of the House of Representatives, September 12, 2001. Timestamp 2:58 begins House Speaker Dennis Hastert's recognition of Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

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