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President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, March 1, 2022, in Washington. A year ago, President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address to push top Democratic priorities that were sure to face a battle in the narrowly divided Congress but he also laid out a four-pronged "unity agenda" that would be an easier sell.(Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File)

Joe Biden makes progress on ‘unity agenda’ outlined in 2022

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese listens as President Joe Biden speaks about energy and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during an event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 19, 2022, in Washington. Biden said Thursday in a statement that Deese would step down as director of the White House National Economic Council. That position had him coordinating policy across the government and negotiating with Congress on coronavirus aid, the budget, infrastructure, tax, clean energy incentives, investments in computer chip plants and other measures that the president signed into law. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s economic adviser to resign, adding to White House staff shake-up

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin talks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) ** FILE **

Manchin: Feds ‘not taking my gas stove,’ files bill to protect appliance

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., leaves the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. House Republicans have voted to oust Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The vote in a raucous session on Thursday to remove the Somali-born Muslim lawmaker came after her past comments critical of Israel. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Ilhan Omar claims anti-immigrant bias from Republicans with ouster from committee

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. flanked by Sen. Chris Van Hollen D-Md., and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Debt crunch looms, but nobody knows how much is too much

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in Washington, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool) **FILE**

Senate Republicans move to block D.C. plan for illegal immigrants voting in local elections

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Republicans set to oust Rep. Omar from Foreign Affairs panel

In this Feb. 11, 2005, photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. The financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Social Security and Medicare is front and center as the government releases its annual report on the state of the bedrock retirement programs on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower) **FILE**

Vast majority of billions in pandemic-aid fraud will never be recovered, watchdogs tell Congress

IRS online payment reporting illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Congress must undo the IRS online payment reporting debacle

Travelers wade through the line to drop off bags at the Southwest Airlines check-in counter at Denver International Airport, Dec. 27, 2022, in Denver. Senators who want to impose tougher penalties when U.S. airlines strand or delay passengers say they finally might be able to turn their ideas into law because of outrage over debacles like the one at Southwest Airlines in December 2022. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Lawmakers aim to raise penalties for U.S. airline disruptions

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives for a closed-door meeting with the Republican Conference, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. McCarthy is set to meet with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the debt ceiling. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Constitution raises question on need to raise debt limit

President Joe Biden speaks at the Steamfitters Local 602 in Springfield, Va., Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

RSC presses Biden on expectations he’ll miss the budget deadline for a third consecutive year

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast, Feb. 3, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Concerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over

President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. From left, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden cover-up is in full swing

A youth looks at photos on an interactive table displaying the photos and stories of the thousands of people who took refuge in Brazil during the Holocaust at the Holocaust Victims Memorial on the first day it opened to the public in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Congress pursues bill to educate youth on Holocaust, fight antisemitism

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Late last year, Congress told states they could start removing ineligible people in April.

Decisions loom for pandemic-era Medicaid enrollees →

Mr. Clinton recalled the fight for the legislation to clear Congress, but said it made the country a better place to live.

Biden, Bill Clinton celebrate Family Medical Leave Act, push for paid leave →

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