Republican Senators Critical of Biden’s Lack of Bipartisanship After Wednesday’s Address

Joe Biden (Center R) and Vice President Kamala Harris (Center L) meet with 10 Republican senators, including Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 1, 2021. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images

Moderate Republicans, many of whom have met with President Joe Biden to negotiate the administration’s pandemic relief bill, came away from the president’s address to the joint session of Congress doubtful about his calls for bipartisanship and unity.

After the first 100 days, many of those GOP lawmakers who were hopeful about Biden’s desire to work with them across the aisle are now more cynical about how much input Democrats actually want from Republicans.