President Joe Biden on Tuesday pushed for an array of new energy initiatives in his State of the Union address, ideas that will please the progressive wing of his party but may be hard to swallow for some moderates.
Biden argued his proposals would 'cut energy costs for families an average of $500 a year by combatting climate change.'
One of the key moderate votes Biden would need, Senator Joe Manchin, spent the speech sitting on the Republican side of the aisle next to Senator Mitt Romney. Manchin did stand and applaud with his fellow Democrats, sometimes being the only person standing in the sea of Republicans.
The senator from West Virginia was making a gesture of bipartisanship, his spokesperson said.
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Did you all see the congresswoman who is originally from the Ukraine?