1. State of the Union BINGO January 20, 2015; 9pm Mister Speaker republicans gas prices economyteachers Social mediaMiddle Class Tax Reform union Congressional Action Affordable Care Act Outsource jobs Capitol HillNext generation democrats Immigration Reform American people Any foreign country ________ Cuba (Cuban relations) members of Congress Name a domestic policy issue he speaks about __________ deficitVice President ________ MedicareGun Violence

2. State of the Union BINGO January 20, 2015; 9pm fellow Americans Affordable Care Act gun controlGlobal leader Washington, D.C. Middle Class Economics Community college High speed broadband internet Healthier finances 2016 U.S. city ________ ChinaeducationJob training United Nations Wall StreetimmigrationAny natural disaster ________ North Korea reformCommunity relations with police jobstax cutsDemocracy

3. State of the Union BINGO January 20, 2015; 9pm Mister Speaker republicansMedicareeconomyAmerican people BipartisanPrivate sector ISISimmigrationveterans Banksany former President ________ 2016American Dream Minimum wage technologyTax increases Armed forces members of Congress Any U.S. state _________ democratsVice President ________ Unemploy ment rate First Lady _________ _________

4. State of the Union FACTS The formal basis for the State of the Union address is from the U.S. Constitution: The President "shall from time to time give to the Congress Information on the State of the Union," Article II, Section 3, Clause 1. From 1790 to 1934, the State of the Union Address was known as the Annual Message. President Franklin Roosevelt first referred to the Annual Message as the "State of the Union Address," a title that became official during the Truman Administration. In 1801 President Thomas Jefferson chose to send his address in writing, a precedent that held until President Woodrow Wilson delivered his message in person in 1913. President Calvin Coolidge’s 1923 Annual Message was the first to be broadcast nationally on radio. President Harry Truman’s 1947 State of the Union was the first to be broadcast on television. President George W. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union was the first to be live broadcast on the Internet. President George W. Bush’s 2004 State of the Union was the first to be broadcast in high definition television. President Ronald Reagan’s 1986 State of the Union address was rescheduled because the Challenger disaster took place earlier in the day. The shortest address on record belongs to President George Washington in 1790, at 1,089 words. President William H. Taft delivered the longest address in 1910, at over 27,000 words. President Lyndon Johnson delivered the first evening address in 1965. Since the late 1960s, the opposition party in Congress has offered a response message following the State of the Union. Each year, one member of the President's cabinet is absent from the address, to maintain the line of succession in case of an emergency.