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Pelosi Blocks Trump’s Access to House for State of Union Address

April Ryan
January 23, 2019

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., responds to reporters after officially postponing President Donald Trump's State of the Union address until the government is fully reopened, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The California Democrat told Trump in a letter Wednesday the Democratic-controlled House won't pass the required measure for him to give the nationally televised speech from the House floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blocks President Trump’s access to the House for State of the Union address.

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