Republicans and Democratic lawmakers issued starkly different commentary on President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office as the president delivered his first address to the joint session of Congress, with the former side full of criticism and the latter full of praise.
Biden, a Democrat, delivered his hour-long, nationally televised address at 9 p.m. ET on Wednesday night, a day before his 100th day in office, to a thin crowd at the Capitol due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. He painted the current state of America as one of progress in multiple arenas and declared that “America is rising anew,” while calling on Congress to cooperate with his radical proposals on a range of issues, including a number of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net.
