Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly.
President Trump delivers his State of the Union address tonight to a joint session of Congress,
though some Democratic lawmakers have said they plan to boycott the speech.
The president is expected to highlight the U.S.
economy.
trade and tariffs,
as well as immigration enforcement and efforts to convince Iran to give up its nuclear program.
Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger is scheduled to give the Democratic response.
Ahead of the President's State of the Union address,
the House is expected to vote on an aviation safety bill It was prompted by last year's deadly mid-air collision between an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S.
Army Blackhawk helicopter near Washington, D.C.
NPR's Joel Rose has more.
The Rotor Act, as it's known,
would require wider use of a safety system known as ADS-B, which transmits an aircraft's location.
Federal safety investigators say that could have prevented the mid-air collision of a U.S.
Army helicopter and a passenger jet that killed 67 people last year.
The Senate approved the bill unanimously, and it has support from families of the crash victims.
But it faces headwinds in the House,
where some powerful Republican committee leaders have proposed their own bipartisan bill.
The Pentagon also has concerns.