Obama, Boehner Reach Historic Agreement on Meeting Time 13.18K Max Read 08/31/11 09:02PM Filed to: Polidicks Polidicks Scheduling Barack Obama John Boehner Congressional address Republicans Democrats Tweetg Fb President Obama, who had asked to address Congress at the same time as next week's Republican debate, will acquiesce to the Speaker of the House's request that he speak on Thursday instead. The address is about "jobs," whatever those are.