Trump gets prime time shot on Tuesday

Both parties, in other words, are trying to make their policies clear through the people they’ve asked to bear audience to Trump’s address to the joint-session of Congress. Trump may have the stage, but it seems that the Democrats are intent on making sure that he understands any dissent that they may have. DACA gives protection from deportation and work-permit eligibility to so-called “DREAMers” who live in the US without legal documentation after having been brought to the country as children.

Majority Republicans in the House and Senate will be closely watching the prime-time address for guidance, marching orders or any specifics Trump might embrace on health care or taxes, areas where some of his preferences remain a mystery.

But no president since John Kennedy in 1961 has given a State of the Union address during their first year in office.

Trump’s address comes less than 40 days into a presidency that has so-far been defined more by controversies than legislative action.

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters that in his speech “the President will lay out an optimistic vision for the country, crossing traditional lines of party, race, socioeconomic status”.

“If Trump can put flesh on the bones of his pro-growth economic plans, then U.S. bond yields could rise and drag the dollar with them, if he fails to do this then we could see further dollar weakness”. Plans to overhaul the tax code have Republicans tied in knots, while Trump’s promised increases in infrastructure spending promise to provoke major clashes with deficit hawks.

In his first speech to Congress in 2009, President Barack Obama said he was sure America would overcome its worst recession in over 70 years.

Astrid Silva, 28, an immigrant brought to the USA illegally as a child, will give the Democratic response to Trump’s speech in Spanish.

“He has taken many positive steps to fulfill his campaign promises, such as requiring two federal regulations to be eliminated for every new one, and I assume he will highlight that and many other accomplishments”, Sittler said. He pledged to vigorously target people living in the United States illegally who “threaten our communities and prey on our citizens”.

Members of Congress also invite “special guests” to watch the speech. Baldwin said she hopes Trump will embrace a “Buy America” measure she has championed, which would require that federal infrastructure funds be used to buy USA -made products and materials. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), who said there’s been a “deafening silence” from congressional Republicans to investigate Trump and his campaign’s potential ties to Russian Federation. Our tunnels. I mean, we have tunnels in NY where the tiles are on the ceiling, and you see many tiles missing.