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Biden talks up bipartisan unity amid sharp congressional divide

2023-02-09 09:11:01       source:CGTN

February 8, 2023


U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday touted bipartisan unity in his second State of the Union Address even as congressional divide hardened and Republican lawmakers sat on their hands through many of his proposals. 


"We're often told that Democrats and Republicans can't work together. But over the past two years, we proved the cynics and naysayers wrong," he said in his first address to a joint session of Congress since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives.


Noting that he signed over 300 bipartisan laws since taking office, the president called for finding consensus across the aisle.


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