Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address at a precipitous moment for the nation, aiming to navigate the country out of a pandemic, reboot his stalled domestic agenda and confront Russia’s aggression.
WASHINGTON — Facing disquiet at home and danger abroad, President Joe
Biden will address a mostly full and mask-optional crowd in the House chamber, one sign of the easing coronavirus threat. But he’ll also speak from within a newly fenced Capitol due to renewed security concerns after last year’s insurrection. Biden aides say they believe the national psyche is a “trailing indicator” and will improve with time. But time is running short for the president, who needs to salvage his first-term agenda to revive the political fortunes of his party ahead of November’s midterm elections.
The speech comes as progress on many of Biden’s other legislative priorities remains stalled on Capitol Hill, after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin scuttled the sweeping “Build Back Better” spending bill that Biden championed last fall. He also plans to propose new initiatives on mental health that dovetail with growing bipartisan interest in Congress amid evidence that the national psyche has been damaged by the pandemic. The plan includes steps to protect kids on social media, requiring insurers to cover three mental health visits annually at no cost to the patient and added investments in the new national suicide hotline — 988 — that is scheduled to go live later this year.
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