In a letter sent earlier today to House speaker John Boehner and Senate majority leader Harry Reid, President Barack Obama requested to address a joint session of Congress to deliver his jobs plan on September 7, the first day the House of Representatives will be back from recess and the same evening as the Republican presidential debate in California. House speaker John Boehner has now responded to the president’s request with a letter to Obama asking that the president give his speech the next day, on September 8.

In his letter, Boehner blames the day-long delay on the required resolution to hold a joint session of Congress and the security sweep necessary to conduct before hosting the president. “As such, on behalf of the bipartisan leadership and membership of both the House and Senate, I respectfully invite you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, September 8, 2011 in the House Chamber, at a time that works best for your schedule,” Boehner writes. “We look forward to hearing your ideas and working together to solve America’s jobs crisis.” (Read the whole letter here.)