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Florida Sen. Rick Scott backtracks on GOP plan to sunset Social Security that Biden blasted at State of the Union speech

Republican Sen. Rick Scott Friday backtracked on his plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that President Joe Biden called out during his fiery State of the Union speech.

Tribune News Service

GOP senator ditches plan to sunset Social Security and Medicare that Biden called out in State of the Union

Rick Scott’s updated policy proposal would exempt ‘Social Security, Medicare, national security, veterans benefits, and other essential services’ from his sunset provision

The Independent UK

Do we need political parties? In theory, they're the sort of organization that could bring Americans together in larger purpose

The 27 million people who watched President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7, 2023, witnessed the spectacle of a family divided, with boos and cheers perfectly arranged along party lines.

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Is it time for teachers to get a raise?

In his 2023 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for public school teachers to get a raise but offered no specifics on how that could be done. Here, Michael Addonizio, an education policy expert at Wayne State University, provides insight on the current state of teacher salaries,…

The Conversation

Commentary: Getting past the debt blame game

The barbs exchanged at the State of the Union address remind us of the ease with which each party feels it can blame the other for the worsening of federal indebtedness year after year, Congress after Congress, and presidential administration after administration. These routinized charges are not only counterproductive, they…

Tribune News Service

Will Bunch: Trump-DeSantis race to the bottom over schools is golden opportunity for Democrats

The most memorable words from last week's State of the Union hoedown arguably didn't come from an energized President Joe Biden but from his GOP rebutter, Arkansas' new governor, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. She provided an unforgettable frame for the in-its-infancy 2024 president race — albeit maybe not in the way…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Public education is under attack. That should have focus of State of the Union

President Biden could have spent an hour-plus talking about the attacks on education we are seeing around the country, because an attack on how kids learn is an attack on all of us.

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Editorial: Yes, Republicans have threatened Social Security. And they're still doing it

It seems the hecklers at last week’s State of the Union speech owe President Joe Biden an apology. After some congressional Republicans tried to shout him down for saying some in the GOP want to cut Social Security and Medicare, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., stepped up to add his voice…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Robin Abcarian: I almost wrote off Joe Biden in 2020. Boy, was I wrong then. What about now?

Was I the only journalist in America who thought President Joe Biden's State of the Union speech Tuesday was hard to watch? At least until he departed from his script and began sparring with the nation's rudest Republicans?

Los Angeles Times

Marjorie Taylor Greene’s influence surges; her fiery tactics remain the same

WASHINGTON — When U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene shouted “liar” at President Joe Biden during his State of the Union speech, she invited a deluge of criticism.

Tribune News Service

Biden’s on a winning streak and up for a fight: so why are voters so negative?

The president sparred with Republicans at the State of the Union and has won legislative victories but polls show little enthusiasm for a re-election bid

The Guardian - US

Republicans say they won't cut Social Security. So why does it keep coming up?

Republicans committed publicly at the State of the Union not to cut Social Security or Medicare. But it remains the party's third rail amid talks over the debt ceiling.

WEKU

Jackie Calmes: Biden has the best legislation record of any president since LBJ. Why can't voters see it?

Political polls come and go, the results often unsurprising in a polarized, tribal America. Yet early this week, one poll's finding brought political nerds from the White House to Washington's watering holes up short.

Los Angeles Times

Biden asked for immigration reform in the State of the Union. Can it pass a split Congress?

President Joe Biden made a wistful comment at his State of the Union Tuesday that there was a time when Congress found common ground on immigration reform.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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Roll Call

The State of the Union ... and other comedy acts — Congressional Hits and Misses - Roll Call

President Joe Biden mixing it up with Republicans during his annual address to Congress, GOP Rep. Nancy Mace roasts colleagues — and more!

Fortune

Biden’s State of the Union–and the stories people from across the country are telling us–make the case for economic optimism

While not all Americans are familiar with Biden’s agenda now, it will significantly transform their lives in the coming years.

The Conversation

What are stock buybacks? A finance professor explains why President Biden wants to raise the tax on this controversial use of corporate capital

Companies have been buying back their own stock at record levels – something President Joe Biden doesn’t care for. In his state of the union address, Biden said “corporations ought to do the right thing” and invest more of their profits in producing more goods and less in stock buybacks.…

The Guardian - US

Seth Meyers on Biden attacking concert ticket fees: ‘Might be a secret Swiftie’

Late-night hosts discussed the State of the Union address and how Republicans decided to use time with Twitter employees

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Photos of the week ending February 10, 2023 - Roll Call

The State of the Union dominated this week on Capitol Hill, along with the ongoing Rep. George Santos saga.

Salon

Will Biden let the heckler's veto stand?

Liberal schadenfreude does nothing to change the fact that Republicans control the House of Representatives

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Biden is right to stay firm on US support for Ukraine

President Joe Biden focused mostly on domestic issues in his State of the Union address Tuesday, but when he did turn to foreign policy he had strong words of support for Ukraine. He assured Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., who was in the audience, that “America is united in our…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Biden speech offers populism and partisanship

President Joe Biden's third State of the Union address was the perfect reflection of his presidency: undisciplined and detached from reality.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Grate of the union: Hecklers highlighted state of political discourse

Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech really highlighted more about the state of the Republican Congress, and that state is decidedly raucous. As Biden delivered his spiel, he sparred verbally with (dis)honorable hecklers, who often interrupted, like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

The Independent UK

Trumpworld at war over Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ State of the Union rebuttal

Ms Sanders was criticised for failing to sufficiently praise Donald Trump

The Independent UK

This Parkland dad has a history of interrupting Biden. But he found the GOP’s behaviour at SOTU ‘offensive’

Manuel Oliver lost his son, 17-year-old Joaquin ‘Guac’ Oliver, in the February 2018 school shooting in Florida. He tells Sheila Flynn what it was like attending his second State of the Union address

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