Pelosi says no State of Union while gov't shut

Thursday, January 24, 2019

WASHINGTON -- In a high-stakes case of dare and double-dare, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi served notice Wednesday President Donald Trump won't be allowed to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress next week. She took the step after Trump said he planned to show up in spite of Democratic objections to the speech taking place when big swaths of the government are shut down.

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