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Pelosi Invites Trump to Deliver State of the Union Next Week Trump to Deliver State of the Union Next Week
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WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Trump to deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 5, 10 days before the deadline for lawmakers in the House and the Senate to reach an agreement on a border security package to avert another government shutdown. WASHINGTON — President Trump will deliver his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 5, 10 days before the deadline for lawmakers in the House and the Senate to reach an agreement on a border security package to avert another government shutdown.
The invitation comes after weeks of back-and-forth between the speaker and the president over when, and whether, he could deliver the speech in the House chamber. On Jan. 23, in the middle of the 35-day government shutdown, Ms. Pelosi told the president she wanted to postpone the address, initially scheduled for Tuesday. When Mr. Trump pressed ahead last week, insisting he wanted to give the speech on Tuesday, Ms. Pelosi disinvited him. On Monday afternoon, Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent an invitation to the president, and he later replied, agreeing to the date. “We have a great story to tell and yet, great goals to achieve!” he wrote.
The exchange capped weeks of back-and-forth between the speaker and the president over when, and whether, he could deliver the speech in the House chamber.
On Jan. 23, in the middle of the 35-day government shutdown, Ms. Pelosi told the president she wanted to postpone the address, initially scheduled for Tuesday. When Mr. Trump pressed ahead last week, insisting he wanted to give the speech on Tuesday, Ms. Pelosi disinvited him.
“When I wrote to you on January 23rd, I stated that we should work together to find a mutually agreeable date when government has reopened to schedule this year’s State of the Union address,” Ms. Pelosi wrote in the letter. “In our conversation today, we agreed on February 5th.”“When I wrote to you on January 23rd, I stated that we should work together to find a mutually agreeable date when government has reopened to schedule this year’s State of the Union address,” Ms. Pelosi wrote in the letter. “In our conversation today, we agreed on February 5th.”
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