
6 things to watch during President Joe Biden's first address to Congress
CNN
President Joe Biden is slated to deliver his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday, where he will lay out his next big legislative priority to the American people and celebrate what he sees as his administration's victories during his first 100 days in office.
Viewers can expect the President to acknowledge what has been lost because of the coronavirus pandemic with his trademark empathy and at the same time -- as has often been the case during past addresses -- deliver a message of confidence and optimism. The address in the House chamber of the Capitol building will also offer Biden the chance to bolster his agenda and sell his biggest ideas, particularly a massive jobs and infrastructure plan, in front of Congress and the nation. Biden has watched a number of presidents deliver addresses to Congress over his decades in the Senate and in the Obama White House, but this will be the first time he's delivering his own address in the chamber since taking office. During his decades of sitting in the chamber watching other presidents give their State of the Union speeches and other major addresses, he could not have imagined the scene that will be before him when he stands on the rostrum Wednesday.
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