Biden to deliver State of the Union speech at the latest date ever
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President Biden will give his second State of the Union address on Thursday, when he’s expected to tout his administration’s accomplishments and set goals for the future in front of a Congress that is one of the most politically fractured in modern history.
Biden is making his case to a Democrat-dominated Senate that’s largely followed his lead on major legislation and a House Republican majority that’s actively investigating him for impeachable crimes.
The date of the speech, March 7, is the latest a State of the Union address has ever been delivered.
It’s just the second time a president’s in-person address to a joint session of Congress was not delivered in January or February. Biden delivered his first address to Congress on March 1, 2022.
It comes after Washington officials spent the first two months of 2024 scrambling to avert a government shutdown while also warring over Biden’s supplemental foreign aid request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.
Meanwhile, a war rages in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel; Ukraine is beginning to feel the drain of U. S. resources; and China continues to stir concerns it could move to curb Taiwan’s independence.
There’s also the issue of the worsening border crisis back home, and House Republicans told Fox News Digital they want to see Biden address it Thursday night.
Democrats, meanwhile, are urging Biden to highlight his accomplishments on infrastructure, the economy and other issues.
Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 leader in the House, said he was skeptical Biden could adequately address the crises he is facing this year.
"No amount of scripted rhetoric from the White House will change the fact that the real State of the Union has been defined by the unprecedented crisis at our southern border, total chaos overseas and lingering economic struggles caused by Joe Biden’s failed policies," Emmer told Fox News Digital.... (Read more)
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