President Biden delivers the State of the Union handle to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, 2023.

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President Biden delivers the State of the Union handle to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 7, 2023.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Saturday invited President Biden to handle a joint session of Congress on March 7.

“In this moment of great challenge for our country, it is my solemn duty to extend this invitation for you to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, March 7, 2024, so that you may fulfill your obligation under the U.S. Constitution to report on the state of our union,” Johnson wrote in a letter to Biden.

It could be Johnson’s first time to sit down behind the president as speaker throughout a joint session. The Louisiana Republican was elected to the speakership in October.

The addresses are normally delivered in January or February, however in 2022, Biden gave his State of the Union on March 1.

With potential federal shutdowns looming, Congress faces two authorities funding deadlines, Jan. 19 and Feb. 2, in addition to calls by the president to offer navy support to Ukraine and Israel.