WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night on the eve of his likely impeachment acquittal and in the aftermath of the chaotic first votes of the race to replace him.
Trump is the first president to run for reelection after being impeached. He used use his prime-time speech to lay out his case for a second term amid suspense about whether he would address the charges against him.
Trump spoke from the House of Representatives on the opposite side of the Capitol from where the Senate the next day is expected to acquit him largely along party lines.
When President Donald Trump called on Congress during his State of the Union speech to send him legislation to lower prescription drug prices, House Democrats had a ready response.
Democrats chanted, “H.R. 3! H.R. 3!” as they jumped to their feet Tuesday night, holding up three fingers. That was a reference to the House-passed bill that requires the federal government’s Medicare program to negotiate for lower prices on insulin and other must-have drugs Americans rely on.
The drug price reduction bill was passed by the House in December on a largely party-line vote.
It is one of many major bills sitting untouched in the Republican-controlled Senate.
