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When President Joe Biden makes his first address to the joint session of Congress on Wednesday, it will look a lot different than speeches made by his predecessors.
The address, which technically is not called the State of the Union, will be the first time a U.S. president speaks to both houses of Congress since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as former President Donald Trump delivered his last State of the Union on Feb. 4, 2020.
COVID-19 precautions are the main reason why Biden s speech will come near his 100th day in office after receiving the invitation to do so from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on April 13. It will be the first time a president will do the annual address in the month of April and the latest in the year since former President Calvin Coolidge in December 1923.
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is set to lay out his policy agenda and provide an update to the nation in his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night. Biden gave a preview of his speech to ABC News’ David Muir and other network television anchors at the White House Wednesday [.]
Key lines from Biden s first joint address to Congress Jonathan Ernst/Pool/AP
President Biden spoke in detail tonight about a range of topics including the coronavirus pandemic, immigration and gun violence during his first joint address to Congress.
If you missed the speech, here are Biden s most notable lines:
On getting the Covid-19 vaccine administered: After I promised we would get 100 million Covid-19 shots into people s arms in 100 days, we will have provided over 220 million Covid shots in those 100 days, Biden said. We re marshaling every federal resource. We ve gotten vaccinations to nearly 40,000 pharmacies and over 700 community health centers where the poorest of the poor can be reached. We re setting up community vaccination sites, developing mobile units to get the hard to reach communities. Today, 90% of Americans now live within five miles of a vaccination site.
Biden faces a skeptical Democratic senator tonight: Joe Manchin
From CNN s Manu Raju Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has made his resistance to elements of the agenda that President Biden will discuss tonight clear.
Manchin, who holds a crucial vote in the 50-50 Senate, will be in attendance tonight for Biden’s speech. In many ways, the fate of much of Biden’s agenda will come down to the West Virginia lawmaker.
In addition to saying he is “very uncomfortable” with trillions in new spending programs, Manchin addressed concerns with raising capital gains taxes to help pay for the plans. He also brushed back talk among Democratic leaders to try to advance the proposals along party lines through the budget process, as they are now planning to do next month.