In Republican response to Biden's State of the Union, a vow to block the president's agenda

WASHINGTON – While President Joe Biden called for bipartisanship in his State of the Union address, Republicans made clear they will try to thwart him on any number of contentious issues – from the Biden debt ceiling plan to his re-election prospects in 2024.


Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy introduces President Joe Biden during the State of the Union address from the House chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington.

"Biden and the Democrats have failed you ... and it's time for a change," said Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders in the formal Republican response to Biden's prime-time speech. Calling for a "new generation of Republican leadership," Sanders promoted the new House GOP majority and said that "we will hold the Biden administration accountable."

GOP congressional leaders and presidential prospects – including ex-President Donald Trump – pledged to fight Biden over State of the Union topics such as the debt ceiling, China, inflation, border security, business regulations and other items that figure to play a large role in the 2024 presidential election.

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Several GOP members, including hard-right conservatives who hold the balance of power within the House Republican caucus, repeatedly heckled Biden.

In his prime time address, Biden told "my Republican friends" that Americans sent them to Washington to work on the nation's problems, and he hinted that voters would be unhappy with Republican obstruction.

"Fighting for the sake of fighting, power for the sake of power, conflict for the sake of conflict, gets us nowhere," Biden said.

He repeatedly urged Republicans to help him "finish the job" of rebuilding the nation, a mantra that some analysts called a nod to his potential re-election campaign next year.

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New House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who for the first time sat behind the president as he delivered his State of the Union, has more than once said that Republicans will not raise the debt ceiling without significant "spending reform."

"Republicans offer a vision for a future built on freedom, not fear-mongering," McCarthy tweeted after Biden's State of the Union.

  

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