McCarthy invites Biden for Feb. 7 State of the Union speech

By ZEKE MILLER
AP White House Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to deliver his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7. That was the date proposed by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in his invitation to Biden on Friday to address a joint session of Congress. It will be Biden’s first address to a divided Congress after Republicans took control of the House this month. It will come as his administration seeks areas of common interest with the newly empowered Republicans while also working to avoid a potentially debilitating default if the two parties can’t come together to raise the debt limit in the coming months.