The address served as a victory lap for Democratic Joe Biden, who collaborated with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, to forge the debt-ceiling bill last month
US President Joe Biden’s first speech from the Oval Office focused on the bipartisan approval of the country’s debt-ceiling bill, during which he declared a “crisis averted” from his desk in the White House, reported Al Jazeera.
Biden said on Friday, “When I ran for President, I was told the days of bipartisanship were over, and that Democrats and Republicans can no longer work together,” adding, “But I refused to believe that.”
The address served as a victory lap for Democratic Joe Biden, who collaborated with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, to forge the debt-ceiling bill last month.
The Senate’s approval of the Bill on Thursday practically guarantees that the US will not default on its debt. The US Treasury had set a deadline of June 5 beyond which the federal government would most certainly have run out of money to pay its debts. The country was swiftly approaching that date.
The House of Representatives had earlier approved the measure on Wednesday by a vote of 314 to 117.
