The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of most calendar years on the current condition of the nation. US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives | website=history.house.gov | language=en | access-date=January 28, 2018 | archive-date=February 2, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202160617/http://history.house.gov/Institution/SOTU/State-of-the-Union/ | url-status=live }} The State of the Union Address generally includes... more