{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/122019", "Pelosi Invites President Trump to Deliver State of the Union Address on February 4th", "2019-12-20", "2019", "2019-12", "Democrat", "House", "CA", "Nancy Pelosi", "P000197", "www.speaker.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Washington, D.C.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent the following letter today to President Trump regarding the State of the Union address.\nIn the letter, the Speaker wrote, In the spirit of respecting our Constitution, I invite you to deliver your State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives.\nBelow is the text of the letter to the President:\n* * *\nDecember 20, 2019\nThe President\nThe White House\n1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest\nWashington, D.C. 20500\n\nDear Mr. President:\nIn their great wisdom, our Founders crafted a Constitution based on a system of separation of powers: three co-equal branches acting as checks on each other. To ensure that balance of powers, the Constitution calls for the President to from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union.\nIn the spirit of respecting our Constitution, I invite you to deliver your State of the Union address before a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives.\nThank you for your attention to this matter.\nSincerely,\n\nNANCY PELOSI\nSpeaker of the House", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/122019"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8598282001912594, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}