No state of union speech until Govt. shutdown is over says speaker, Pelosi

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker, Nancy Pelosi has said she would not host U.S. President, Donald Trump to deliver a state of union speech before government reopens, all but rejecting Trump’s intent to deliver the speech on Jan. 29

The speaker said the house of Representatives will not consider a concurrent resolution authorizing the president’s state of the union address in the House chamber until the government has opened.

Pelosi said when she extended the invitation on Jan. 3 for Trump to deliver the speech, “there was no thought that the government would still be shut down” on Jan. 29.

The partial government shutdown, triggered by a partisan impasse over Trump’s demand for funding a border wall, now stretched to the 33rd day.

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Pelosi’s letter came in response to Trump’s letter earlier on the day announcing his intent to deliver the speech in front of a joint session of Congress in the chamber of the House on Jan. 29.

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