In January 2019, during a partial government shutdown, Speaker Nancy Pelosi rescinded her invitation to President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address on January 29. She cited security concerns, since Secret Service and Homeland Security staff were unpaid. After the shutdown ended, the speech was set for February 5. Pelosi wrote: “In our conversation today, we agreed on February 5th.”
Here the date itself became part of a political conflict.