POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi's big headache — and the Po

POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi’s big headache — and the Post’s black-box editor search
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People will feel jilted if they don’t get an invite to Joe Biden’s address. And Speaker Nancy Pelosi can’t afford that now because her majority is so narrow. | Patrick Semansky/AP Photo
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“Lawmakers scramble for ‘musical chairs’ to view Biden’s first Capitol speech,” by Mel Zanona and Sarah Ferris: “Which is a hotter ticket: Beyonce’s first post-pandemic concert or President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress? Washington is about to find out. Even as life slowly returns to normal on Capitol Hill amid the shrinking threat of Covid, strict safety protocols will remain in place for Biden’s April 28 joint address inside the House chamber. That means only 200 lawmakers, administration officials and staff will likely be allowed to attend the distanced and heavily sanitized event, a far cry from the typical crowds for a prime-time presidential speech.

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