Because of pandemic restrictions, not every lawmaker was able to attend the speech. Those who did were spread out.
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Harris and Pelosi bump elbows before Biden's arrival.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer applauds Biden from the front row.
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Biden fist-bumps US Rep. Maxine Waters after his speech, which lasted an hour and five minutes.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell listens to the President's speech.
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US Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren chat in the Capitol after Biden's speech. Both competed with Biden last year for the Democratic nomination.
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Biden fist-bumps Harris after his speech.
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US Sen. Steve Daines was among the lawmakers who had to watch the speech on television.
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"It's been 100 days since I took the oath of office, lifted my hand off our family Bible and inherited a nation, we all did, that was inΒ crisis," Biden said in his speech. "The worst pandemic in a century, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War. Now after just 100 days I can report to the nation, America is on the move again."
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First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Harris' husband, applaud during the speech.
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US Sen. Tim Scott walks through the Capitol before delivering the GOP rebuttal to Biden's speech.
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Harris and Pelosi are the first women in history to be vice president and speaker of the House.
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From left, Republican Sens. Mike Lee, Shelley Moore Capito, Jim Risch and Ted Cruz listen to Biden's speech.
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Biden used his speech to lay out an an ambitious progressive agenda, proposing up to $6 trillion in new spending for infrastructure, investment in America and more social safety net programs.
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Members of the gallery stand and applaud during Biden's speech.
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Harris watches Biden speak from the same spot where he once sat. Biden was vice president for eight years.
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About 200 people were allowed in the House chamber for the President's remarks.
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Biden's speech is seen on a television inside a bar in Washington, DC.
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Biden hands a copy of his speech to Pelosi before he started it.
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Biden greets people as he arrives in the House chamber.
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The center aisle is normally where the President will shake hands with members of Congress while walking to the podium. This year, it was fist bumps instead.
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Members of Congress applaud as Harris walks into the House chamber.
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US Rep. Brenda Lawrence wears a mask that says "everybody vs. injustice" as she waits for Biden's speech.
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First lady Jill Biden, next to second gentleman Doug Emhoff, gestures to her husband at the beginning of the speech.
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Harris and Pelosi arrive in the House chamber before the President's speech.
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Chief Justice John Roberts talks with Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before the speech. Because of the pandemic restrictions, Roberts was the only member of the Supreme Court in attendance.
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Harris is trailed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as they walk through the Capitol Rotunda before the speech.
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US Sen. Elizabeth Warren, right, was among the lawmakers in attendance. Lawmakers were seated in the upstairs gallery in addition to the House floor.
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Security personnel are stationed on the Capitol roof before the speech.
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US Rep. Barbara Lee takes a selfie with, from left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Austin and Blinken were the only Cabinet members in attendance.
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Between each of the assigned seats were four empty seats, designed to encourage social distancing in the chamber.
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Military personnel walk inside the Capitol Visitor Center earlier on Wednesday.
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Staff members polish the teleprompter glass before Biden's speech.
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Television equipment is set up in front of the Capitol on Wednesday.
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