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Trump Delivers State Of The Union As Impeachment Vote Looms. So Did Clinton

The State of the Union gets massive television ratings. This year, President Trump will deliver it a day before senators vote on whether to remove him from office.
President Clinton gave his 1999 State of the Union address during his impeachment trial, just as President Trump will on Tuesday.

When President Trump stands before Congress on Tuesday to deliver his State of the Union address, he will be a president impeached, but not yet acquitted.

Traditionally, the State of the Union address is the most important and most-watched speech of the year for a president. Doing it in the midst of an impeachment trial adds another political dimension.

President Clinton faced a similar situation in 1999. He delivered his State of the Union on the very day his legal team began presenting

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