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Biden called for an ambitious pandemic economic recovery plan focused on jobs, infrastructure, and childcare.
He also called for changes to immigration and foreign policy and asked the Senate to pass civil rights legislation.
President Joe Biden delivered his first speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, on the eve of his 100th day in office.
In his address before a pared-down audience due to the pandemic, Biden called for an ambitious economic recovery plan focused on jobs, infrastructure, childcare, and education. The proposals are some of the most progressive in decades and ones unlikely to garner Republican support, as evidenced by GOP reactions in the chamber and on Twitter.
Updated: 4:43 AM PDT Apr 29, 2021 By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made history Wednesday as the first women one of them Black and Indian American to share the stage in Congress during a presidential address.President Joe Biden noted the historic development at the very opening of his address. After taking the podium, Biden greeted the two women standing behind him with a “Madam Speaker” and “Madam Vice President.”He then declared, “No president has ever said those words and it’s about time.”Biden delivered his first prime-time speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night flanked by Pelosi and Harris, two California Democrats.The two began the night with another historic moment: An elbow-bump hello, a pandemic spin on the traditional handshake. Pelosi and Harris stood side by side behind the dais in the House chamber, chatting with each other and occasionally waving to
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Thursday took aim at the Centre over India s grim coronavirus situation, saying that the country has become a superpower under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the world is now afraid of it.
As per the Union Health Ministry s data updated on Thursday, India reported a record single-day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections, which pushed the tally to 1,83,76,524, while thedeath toll increased to 2,04,832 with a record3,645 daily new fatalities.
Addressing a virtual press conference, Nath said, The country has become a superpower under Modiji, and the world is afraid of it now. Time has come in the history of our country when media has a big role to play. The international media came out with facts whether you tune in BBC, CNN, French news, Germany news and small countries like Singapore- their headlines are India, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister added.
Bidenâs Speech to Congress: Full Transcript
President Biden unveiled a major proposal to invest in education and families, describing it as âa blue-collar blueprint to build America.â
President Biden delivered an address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Wednesday night.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
April 29, 2021, 12:13 a.m. ET
President Biden delivered an
The following is a transcript of his remarks.
PRESIDENT BIDEN: Thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Itâs good to be back. As Mitch and Chuck will understand, itâs good to be almost home, down the hall. Anyway, thank you all.
It s about time: In historic first, two powerful women flank US president
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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden s address to Congress broke a historic glass ceiling on Wednesday, as two women - Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - sat behind the president for the first time in US history.
The seating arrangement carried a symbolic meaning for the advancement of US women in recent decades, since Harris and Pelosi stand first and second in the presidential line of succession, respectively.