| Year |
Party |
Response |
| 1966 |
R |
Senator Everett Dirksen (IL) and Rep. Gerald Ford (MI) |
| 1967 |
R |
Senator Everett Dirksen (IL) and Rep. Gerald Ford (MI) |
| 1968 |
R |
Rep.
William Steiger (WI), Senator Thomas Kuchel (CA), Rep. Gerald Ford (MI),
Senator Charles Percy (IL), Rep. Richard Poff
(VA), Rep. George Bush (TX), Rep. Robert Mathias (CA), Senator Howard Baker
(TN), Senator Hugh Scott (PA), Senator John Tower (TX), Rep. Charlotte Reid
(IL), Senator Peter Dominick (CO), Rep. Albert Quie (MN), Rep. Melvin Laird
(WI), Senator Robert P. Griffin (MI), and Senator George Murphy (CA). |
| 1969 |
|
No response |
| 1970 |
D |
Senator
William Proxmire (WI), Rep. Donald Fraser (MN), Senator Mike Mansfield (MT),
Senator Henry “Scoop” Jackson (WA), Senator Edmund
Muskie (ME), Rep. Patsy Mink (HI), and Rep. John McCormack (MA). |
| 1971 |
D |
Senator Mike Mansfield (MT) |
| 1972 |
D |
Senator William Proxmire (WI), Senator Frank Church (ID),
Senator Thomas Eagleton (MO), Senator Lloyd
Bentsen (TX), Rep. Leonor Sullivan (MO), Rep. John Melcher (MT), Rep. John
Brademas (IN), Rep. Martha Griffiths (MI), Rep. Ralph Metcalfe (IL), Rep.
Carl Albert (OK), and Rep. Hale Boggs (LA). |
| 1973 |
|
No Address |
| 1974 |
D |
Senator Mike Mansfield (MT) |
| 1975 |
D |
Senator Hubert Humphrey (MN) and Representative Carl
Albert (OK) |
| 1976 |
D |
Senator Edmund Muskie (ME) |
| 1977 |
|
No response |
| 1978 |
R |
Senator Howard Baker Jr. (TN) and Rep. John Rhodes (AZ) |
| 1979 |
R |
Senator Howard Baker Jr. (TN) and Rep. John Rhodes (AZ) |
| 1980 |
R |
Senator Ted Stevens (AK) and Rep. John Rhodes (AZ) |
| 1981 |
|
No Address |
| 1982 |
D |
Senator
Donald Riegle (MI), Senator James Sasser (TN), Rep. Albert Gore Jr. (TN),
Senator Robert Byrd (W.Va), Senator Edward Kennedy
(MA), House Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill (MA), Senator Gary Hart (CO), Senator
Paul Sarbanes (MD), Senator J. Bennett Johnston (LA), and Senator Alan
Cranston (CA). |
| 1983 |
D |
Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Paul Tsongas (MA),
Senator Bill Bradley (NJ), Senator Joe Biden (DE),
Rep. Tom Daschle (SD), Rep. Barbara Kennelly (CT), House Speaker Thomas P.
O’Neill (MA), Rep. George Miller (CA), Rep. Les AuCoin (OR), Rep. Paul Simon
(IL), Rep. Timothy Wirth (CO), and Rep. W.G. “Bill” Hefner (NC). |
| 1984 |
D |
Senator Joe Biden (DE), Sen. David Boren (OK), Senator
Carl M. Levin (MI), Senator Max S. Baucus (MT),
Senator Robert Byrd (WV), Senator Clairborne Pell (RI), Senator Walter
Huddleston (KY), Rep. Dante B. Fascell (FL), Rep. Tom Harkin (IA), Rep.
William Gray(PA), House Speaker Thomas O’Neill (MA), and Rep. Barbara Boxer
(CA). |
| 1985 |
D |
Gov. Bill Clinton (AK), Gov. Bob Graham (FL), House
Speaker Thomas P. O’Neill (MA). |
| 1986 |
D |
Senators George Mitchell (ME), Lt. Gov. Harriett Woods
(MO), Gov. Charles Robb (VA), Rep. Thomas Daschle
(SD), Rep. William Gray (PA) |
| 1987 |
D |
Senator Robert Byrd (WV) and House Speaker Jim Wright (TX) |
| 1988 |
D |
Senator Robert Byrd (WV) and House Speaker Jim Wright (TX) |
| 1989 |
D |
House Speaker Jim Wright (TX) and Senator Lloyd Bentsen
(TX) |
| 1990 |
D |
House Speaker Tom Foley (WA) |
| 1991 |
D |
Senator George Mitchell (ME) |
| 1992 |
D |
House Speaker Tom Foley (WA) |
| 1993 |
|
No response |
| 1994 |
R |
Senator Robert Dole (KS) |
| 1995 |
R |
Governor Christine Todd Whitman (NJ) |
| 1996 |
R |
Senator Robert Dole (KS) |
| 1997 |
R |
Rep. J.C. Watts (OK) |
| 1998 |
R |
Senator Trent Lott (MS) |
| 1999 |
R |
Rep. Jennifer Dunn (WA) and Rep. Steven Largent (OK) |
| 2000 |
R |
Senator Susan Collins (ME) and Senator William Frist (TN) |
| 2001 |
|
No response |
| 2002 |
D |
Rep. Richard Gephardt (MO) |
| 2003 |
D |
Governor Gary Lock (WA) |
| 2004 |
D |
Senator Tom Daschle (SD) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA) |
| 2005 |
D |
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (CA) and Senator Harry Reid (NV) |
| 2006 |
D |
Governor Timothy Kaine (VA) |
| 2007 |
D |
Senator James Webb (VA) |
| 2008 |
D |
Governor Kathleen Sebelius (KS) |
