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.

"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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