Big week in DC: Powell testifies, Super Tuesday, State of the Union (SOTU), Shutdown

It will be a busy week in politics and many headlines coming out of DC.

Tuesday is the biggest day on the Presidential primary calendar – Super Tuesday.  Voters in 15 states will cast their votes in Republican Presidential primaries.  Nearly a third of all delegates will be chosen with delegate-heavy states of Texas and California included. Former President Trump is likely to officially wrap up the nomination and become the presumptive nominee.  Former Governor and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley will have a moment of reckoning as the votes are counted Tuesday night.

President Biden, though unopposed, should officially reach the delegate count he needs to clinch the nomination. On Thursday he gets an official moment to grab the national spotlight as he gives the State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. It is likely to be a tense evening as the Republican majority will be listening to the President challenge them on issues ranging from money for Ukraine to the border and the bipartisan bill Trump and Republicans rejected. From my Capitol Hill days, I remember the SOTU as a moment of solemnity in US democracy as the entire government is assembled in one room to hear the address. But in recent years it has taken on some of the partisan tensions of the English...

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