Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited President Joe Biden to deliver the first State of the Union address in March, and she hopes that he will include the " truly transformational build back better act."
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) applauds as President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress. MELINA MARA/POOL/Agence France-Presse/
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The State of the Union addresses are not given during a president's first year in office, despite Biden delivering a speech to a joint session of Congress last year.
The State of the Union speech will be limited to an in-person audience of 200 people, due to Covid restrictions, but it's not clear if there will be crowd limitations.
The State of the Union is given to all members of Congress and invited guests, and is broadcasted on major television networks.
"Thank you for your vision and leadership which have helped America out of crisis and into an era of great progress, as we recover from the Pandemic and build back better!" Pelosi wrote about the Democrats' social spending package.
The U.S. enters its third year of the Covid-19 epidemic and deals with historically high rates of inflation, which critics have blamed on the president's policies. Concerns are growing about a potential Russian military invasion of Ukraine. Biden will be able to tout a major legislative win for his administration, the passage of a $1.2 trillion package to remake the nation's infrastructure, which passed with bipartisan support in the Senate after lengthy negotiations between Biden and Senate Republicans.
The Republican response will be delivered by someone. The response was given by Sen. Tim Scott after Biden's speech.
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