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Our refuge in lifes stormy seasons. Inspire our lawmakers to place their trust in you. Lift them above divisions and cynicism, as they depend upon the unfolding of your powerful providence. May they find peace because of your redemptive love. Remind them that you are faithful to help those who ask you for guidance and strength. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell today, President Trump will put forward his budget requests for the next fiscal year. I look forward to reviewing the president s priorities. The bipartisan with a bipartisan Funding Agreement now in place, congress and the white house can Work Together to begin rebuilding our milita
The priorities President Trump laid out earlier. That is live at 8 00 a. M. On cspan2. Newsbobternoon, cbs schieffer joins a panel to break down the president s address. We looked at the history of the state of the union. President Donald Trumps first state of the Union Address will begin in about an hour. The democratic response will follow. President and mrs. Trump will depart. Cspan cameras will show you the departure. Tonight our goal is to provide a , behind the scenes look at the state of the union, live coverage of the address, interviews with members of congress, political analysis, and most importantly, your reaction to the president s speech. But first off, to help us with the nuts and bolts of tonights speech, we are pleased that wilson bill livingood and Longtime Senate historian donald a. Ritchie are here with us. Mr. Ritchie, if we could begin with the u. S. Constitution. This is article to, Section Three article two, Section Three. Of those the words from the constitutio
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And but a saint candidates took the stage to answer questions from the union leader in New Hampshire and other media organizations and other states. You can watch it on our companion network, cspan. Coming up next, the board in New Hampshire in the review, and the states role as the first in the nation primary. Coming up next, an announcement of new rules that include carbon emissions. Coming up next efforts to combat human trafficking. Plus your phone calls please the comments and more. Washington journal is live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. A measure to define planned parenthood failed in the senate. Only two democrats voted for the legislation while two republicans and Mitch Mcconnell voted against it. The bill was fast tracked to the floor after the release of videos that show planned parenthood officials discussing fetal tissue from abortions. Rom planne there are democrats and senator speaking on the floor before the funda votes. Ques the revelations that we have seen from pla