Republicans Clash Over Their Agenda as Biden Pitches His – By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael Rainey (The Fiscal Times) / March 1, 2022
Welcome to March! President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address is just a couple of hours away. Will you be watching?
As Biden Pitches His Agenda, Republicans Clash Over Theirs
President Joe Biden is expected to lay out a lengthy agenda in his State of the Union speech tonight, touting the benefits of the bipartisan infrastructure bill he signed while calling on Congress to enact a host of other plans.
While a response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine will undoubtedly be front and center in Biden’s speech, the president will also push for measures that he says will lower costs for families, ask lawmakers to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour and create a national paid family leave program. He’ll also look to revive other elements of the stalled legislative package that used to be known as the Build Back Better plan, including clean energy tax credits.
Biden will also outline a “unity agenda” of items that he believes both parties can support, including programs to improve mental health care, ease telehealth rules and “end cancer as we know it.”
