As of December 2022, there have been 457
joint sessions and joint meetings of the
United States Congress
The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...
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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
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...
. 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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References
External links
Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations
{{State of the Union
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Articles containing video clips