WASHINGTON (AP) President Joe Biden is using his first address before a joint session of Congress to make the case that his administration has made progress during the first 100 days he s been in office, confronting the public health and economic maelstrom caused by coronavirus pandemic.
Biden is also using the prime-time address to make his pitch directly to Americans for his expansive and expensive vision to rebuild the nation’s roads, bridges, water pipes and other infrastructure, bolster public education an d extend other benefits for a wide swath of Americans.
Here are some key takeaways from the president’s address:
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In non-pandemic times, a president addressing a joint session of Congress can expect an audience of roughly 1,600 people. For President Biden on Wednesday, the audience was closer to 200.
As many times as Joe Biden must have imagined the moment, he never could have imagined it looking like this.
After two failed bids for the White House and a third that began with a series of stumbles, there he finally was on Wednesday, mounting the podium to address a joint session of Congress for the first time as president of the United States.
Yet what he saw before him could not have been as he dreamed.
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In non-pandemic times, a president addressing a joint session of Congress can expect an audience of roughly 1,600 people. For President Biden on Wednesday, the audience was closer to 200. Melina Mara/AP
As many times as Joe Biden must have imagined the moment, he never could have imagined it looking like this.
After two failed bids for the White House and a third that began with a series of stumbles, there he finally was on Wednesday, mounting the podium to address a joint session of Congress for the first time as president of the United States.
By LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
Closing arguments in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are unfolding Monday more for history than to sway votes. The four hours of arguments provide one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead of his expected acquittal in the GOP-led Senate. The chamber is expected to take the final impeachment votes on Wednesday. House managers opened with a plea from Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado who said: “We cannot and should not leave our common sense at the door.” Trump’s defense countered that the “fast-track” impeachment case against the president was flawed, rushed and nothing short of an effort to undo the 2016 election and shape the next one.