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turbinetree

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Tue Jan 29, 2019, 11:25 AM Jan 2019

Pelosi Permits Trump State Of The Union Speech -- On Her Terms

Matthew Chapman
January 29, 2019 3:19 am / 0 Comments / Congress, Headlines, White House

Reprinted with permission from AlterNet.

President Donald Trump’s disastrous government shutdown is finally over, and his demand that Congress pass a border wall is moribund.

But there is one more loose end to be tied up: the State of the Union address. Will House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) allow the event to take place now that the shutdown is over? The answer, apparently, is yes — but only on her terms.

On Monday, Pelosi delivered a letter to Trump notifying him that he is free to deliver the address on February 5, a week after he had wanted to do it:


http://www.nationalmemo.com/pelosi-permits-trump-state-of-the-union-speech-on-her-terms/

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Pelosi Permits Trump State Of The Union Speech -- On Her Terms (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2019 OP
"One more thing: none of your damn coke-adderall sniffing in the Peoples House." - Madame Speaker Achilleaze Jan 2019 #1
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