Hoyer says 'sure' when asked if Trump can deliver SOTU, despite Pelosi's objectionsFox News, Jan 22, 2019, Gregg Re
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told Fox News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto" on Tuesday that he would have no objections to President Trump delivering a State of the Union address in the House of Representatives on Jan. 29, despite House speaker Nancy Pelosi's repeated threats that the traditional speech be delayed.
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Fox News has learned that the White House sent a letter to the House Sergeant at Arms asking to schedule a walk-through for next week’s planned address. This comes after a previously scheduled walk-through last week was canceled at Pelosi’s request.
According to multiple sources, it remains unclear whether the address scheduled for Jan. 29 will, in fact, go forward, or where it would be.
Asked by host Neil Cavuto whether Trump can legally request to deliver the State of the Union in the House over Pelosi's objection, Hoyer indicated that he could not. Although Pelosi has not formally disinvited Trump from giving the speech, she has suggested a speech would not be a good idea and should be delivered only in writing.
"Within his right -- now that's a technical term, and the answer to that is no," Hoyer responded. "The president comes here at the invitation of the Congress, and particularly the House, to address the Congress of the United States."
Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution also grants the president the ability “on extraordinary occasions†to convene either or both chambers of Congress. But that provision hasn't been utilized since 1947 and 1948, when President Harry Truman explored this option twice, and "convening" does not necessarily mean Trump would be allowed to speak.
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