Americans are pessimistic. With 2024 looming, Biden can't afford to squander the State of the Union.

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President Joe Biden speaks during the 2022 State of the Union.

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Invest like 'Queen of Stonks' Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress with new Republican and Democrat ETFs

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Nancy Pelosi.

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GOP Sen. Steve Daines says Elon Musk personally called him after photo with dead antelope got his Twitter account suspended

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk and Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana.

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George Santos' first House race took days to call in 2020. So he came to DC for new member orientation and had a blast before finding out he lost.

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George Santos walking in front of capitol buildings

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The US promised the Cherokee Nation a seat in Congress in a treaty that fueled the Trail of Tears. 188 years later, the Cherokee say lawmakers may finally fulfill that promise.

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Kim Teehee has been proposed to serve as the Cherokee Nation's first congressional delegate.

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This is why some members of Congress have been seen wearing lapel pins resembling miniature AR-15 rifles

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Rep. George Santos (R-NY) seen wearing the lapel pin on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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House Democrats pressure Kevin McCarthy to keep his promise on stock trade ban after they were burned by Pelosi

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has voiced support for a stock trade ban on a number of occasions, but has yet to get into specifics.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has voiced support for a stock trade ban on a number of occasions, but has yet to get into specifics.

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Eric Swalwell slams House GOP for moving against Ilhan Omar after supporting the openly anti-semitic Kanye West

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Representative Eric Swalwell of California.

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86 House Democrats voted against a GOP-proposed resolution 'denouncing the horrors of socialism'

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Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York was among the Democrats who voted against the symbolic resolution.
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, a self-described Democratic socialist, was among the Democrats who voted against the symbolic resolution.

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House votes to boot Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee after McCarthy wins over GOP holdouts with ethics promises

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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota outside the Capitol on January 26, 2023.
Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota outside the Capitol on January 26, 2023.

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