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Both the speaker and the vice president sit at the speaker's desk, behind the President for the duration of the speech. If either is unavailable, the next highest-ranking member of the respective house substitutes. Once the chamber settles down from the President's arrival, the speaker officially presents the President to the joint session of Congress. The president then delivers the speech from the podium at the front of the House Chamber.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maszwerski |first1=Julia |title=Who sits where during a State of the Union speech? [infographic] |url=https://share.america.gov/who-sits-where-at-state-of-union-address/ |website=ShareAmerica |date=February 4, 2019 |access-date=July 4, 2020}}</ref>
For the [[2011 State of the Union Address|2011 address]], Senator [[Mark Udall]] of Colorado proposed a break in the tradition of seating Republicans and Democrats on opposite sides of the House;<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47554.html|title=Mark Udall wants parties together at State of the Union|last=Epstein|first=Jennifer|date=January 13, 2011|work=Politico}}</ref> this was in response to the [[2011 Tucson Shooting]] in which Representative [[Gabby Giffords]] was shot and wounded in an assassination attempt.<ref name="rival">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2012-jan-21-la-na-congress-civility-20120122-story.html|title=Rival parties to mix it up – nicely – at State of the Union|last=Hennessey|first=Kathleen|date=January 21, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Approximately 60 legislators signed on to Udall's proposal;<ref>{{Cite web|title=44 - Sixty lawmakers back bipartisan State of the Union seating plan|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/01/nearly-sixty-lawmakers-back-bi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122023821/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2011/01/nearly-sixty-lawmakers-back-bi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2011|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=
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