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Niels Lesniewski

This week: Snow delays congressional business before State of the Union

The House and Senate called off Monday evening votes as another snowstorm hit the Northeast, but President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address remains on track for Tuesday evening.

And as Trump prepares to deliver the first official State of the Union address of his second term, the Department of Homeland Security remains shut down and Congress is showing no signs of progress toward a deal to fund the department.

The Senate will now take a procedural vote at 5 p.m. Tuesday on whether to take up a DHS funding bill, but it’s not expected to get the 60 votes needed to limit debate.

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