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How to watch President Biden's first address to Congress

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's Wednesday night speech to a joint session of Congress will be unlike others before it. Most such events are massive affairs, with lawmakers, guests and officials packed into the House to watch the president's speech. But this is April 2021, months after an insurrection breached the Capitol and more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. House Speaker Nancy ...

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's Wednesday night speech to a joint session of Congress will be unlike others before it.

Most such events are massive affairs, with lawmakers, guests and officials packed into the House to watch the president's speech.

But this is April 2021, months after an insurrection breached the Capitol and more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) invited Biden to travel to Capitol Hill, but she sent out far fewer invitations to others.

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