Ronna McDaniel has kept the RNC aligned with former President Donald Trump, who some Republicans have blamed for the party’s underwhelming performance in the midterm elections.
Key lines from Biden s first joint address to Congress Jonathan Ernst/Pool/AP
President Biden spoke in detail tonight about a range of topics including the coronavirus pandemic, immigration and gun violence during his first joint address to Congress.
If you missed the speech, here are Biden s most notable lines:
On getting the Covid-19 vaccine administered: After I promised we would get 100 million Covid-19 shots into people s arms in 100 days, we will have provided over 220 million Covid shots in those 100 days, Biden said. We re marshaling every federal resource. We ve gotten vaccinations to nearly 40,000 pharmacies and over 700 community health centers where the poorest of the poor can be reached. We re setting up community vaccination sites, developing mobile units to get the hard to reach communities. Today, 90% of Americans now live within five miles of a vaccination site.
Biden faces a skeptical Democratic senator tonight: Joe Manchin
From CNN s Manu Raju Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has made his resistance to elements of the agenda that President Biden will discuss tonight clear.
Manchin, who holds a crucial vote in the 50-50 Senate, will be in attendance tonight for Biden’s speech. In many ways, the fate of much of Biden’s agenda will come down to the West Virginia lawmaker.
In addition to saying he is “very uncomfortable” with trillions in new spending programs, Manchin addressed concerns with raising capital gains taxes to help pay for the plans. He also brushed back talk among Democratic leaders to try to advance the proposals along party lines through the budget process, as they are now planning to do next month.