Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump has accepted the invitation from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to deliver the State of the Union address on February 4, 2020.

"In the spirit of respecting our Constitution, I invite you to deliver your State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 in the Chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives," Pelosi wrote in a letter addressed to the President dated Friday.

The White House released a statement later Friday confirming Trump had accepted the invitation. It comes just days after the House of Representatives took the historic step of voting to impeach Trump , a move that has led to an escalation of partisan tensions on Capitol Hill.

Now that the House has voted to impeach, the next step will be for the Senate to hold a trial to decide whether to remove the President from office. It's not yet clear exactly when that will start, but it is expected to begin early next year.

The Senate is at an "impasse" about setting the rules of the impeachment trial, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, leaving the status of the trial in limbo as lawmakers leave Washington until the new year.

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