the speaker presides over the joint sessions of the parliament.
who presides over the joint sessions of the parliament?
speaker
joint sessions of the united states congress occur on special occasions that require a concurrent resolution from both house and senate. these sessions include counting electoral votes after a presidential election and the president's state of the union address. the constitutionally mandated report, normally given as an annual speech, is modeled on britain's speech from the throne, was written by most presidents after jefferson but personally delivered as a spoken oration beginning with wilson in 1913. joint sessions and joint meetings are traditionally presided over by the speaker of the house, except when counting presidential electoral votes when the vice president (acting as the president of the senate) presides.
united states congress
list of joint sessions of the united states congress





















































as of january 2019, there have been 450 joint sessions and joint meetings of the united states congress.





















































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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. he was already in washington when the attacks occurred, and sat in on the september 12 session of the house of representatives.





















































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list of joint sessions of the united states congress