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    Ahead Of Trump's Speech, A State Of Disunion On Capitol Hill

    One Republican lawmaker asked authorities to check the identification of immigrants coming as guests. A Democrat is bringing the candidate challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan to sit in the audience.
    by Susan Davis Jan 30, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Brendan Smialowski

    In the aftermath of the January 2011 shooting attack against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., lawmakers used the State of the Union that month to send a message to the nation: What unites us is greater than what divides us. Lawmakers voluntarily scrambled the partisan seating chart in the U.S. House chamber that year to bring Republicans and Democrats together.

    "I'm here because I believe it is time to work together to solve the problems at hand," , at the news conference touting the bipartisan seating

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