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Shutdown battle reaches new low over State of the Union

By Susan Ferrechio
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Shutdown battle reaches new low over State of the Union

Every president has delivered a State of the Union message to Congress, but no State of the Union has provoked a partisan fight like the one President Trump was slated to deliver on Jan. 29.

On Jan. 16, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called on Trump to postpone the scheduled address because of the ongoing partial government shutdown, now entering its second month.

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