House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to President Donald Trump's Wednesday letter to her that he would hold his State of the Union address as originally planned on January 29 by telling the president that she "Will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing" his address until he reopens the government.
Pelosi's letter to Trump comes an hour after Trump told her in a letter that he would hold his State of the Union address as originally planned on January 29 after the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service informed him that there would be no issue with providing security for the event - which Pelosi tried to claim was reason for delaying the event.
In a letter to President Donald Trump, made public Wednesday morning, Pelosi admonished the president for planning to hold the annual address, claiming that a "State of the Union Address has never been delivered during a government shutdown" since the inception of modern Congressional budgeting processes in 1977.
"When I extended an invitation on January 3rd for you to deliver the State of the Union address, it was on the mutually agreed upon date, January 29th," Pelosi said.
"I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President's State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened," Pelosi continued.
I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President's State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened.
Fox News' Lisa Boothe noted that Pelosi's response letter was an indicator that the government shutdown was likely not close to ending anytime soon.
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Pelosi's letter to Trump comes an hour after Trump told her in a letter that he would hold his State of the Union address as originally planned on January 29 after the Department of Homeland Security and the United States Secret Service informed him that there would be no issue with providing security for the event - which Pelosi tried to claim was reason for delaying the event.
In a letter to President Donald Trump, made public Wednesday morning, Pelosi admonished the president for planning to hold the annual address, claiming that a "State of the Union Address has never been delivered during a government shutdown" since the inception of modern Congressional budgeting processes in 1977.
"When I extended an invitation on January 3rd for you to deliver the State of the Union address, it was on the mutually agreed upon date, January 29th," Pelosi said.
"I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President's State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened," Pelosi continued.
I am writing to inform you that the House of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the President's State of the Union address in the House Chamber until government has opened.
Fox News' Lisa Boothe noted that Pelosi's response letter was an indicator that the government shutdown was likely not close to ending anytime soon.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/42561/breaking-pelosi-responds-trump-letter-state-union-ryan-saavedra?utm_medium=email&utm_content=012419-news&utm_campaign=Actengage
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