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It's state of the Union Week in Washington, but a balloon is sucking up all the hot air.

Here are the big things we're watching on Monday, February 6th.

According to the AP, officials have told congressional leaders they can brief

legislators on the status of the investigations into classified documents found in President Joe

Biden's and former President Donald Trump's possession. Nomad Merchant, Michael Balsambo,

and Eric Tucker report that a briefing could come as soon as this week,

but it may not meet demands from lawmakers who want to review the documents.

And speaking from the No Labels Policy Conference in Florida this weekend,

Politico's Burgess Everett reports that Senators Susan Collins and Joe Manchin

said their work would not halt just because,

it may be tougher, to convince McCarthy's majority to take up legislation.

They did admit that their work might look a bit different this Congress.

Collins said centrist's must also be prepared to keep the government funded and raise the

debt ceiling if McCarthy and

President Joe Biden can't come to an agreement.

When President Joe Biden ascends the House Rostrom tomorrow to deliver his state of the

union address, the buzz will hover tens of thousands of feet higher, where a Chinese surveillance balloon

floated until it was shot down Saturday off the coast of South Carolina.

It's a distraction Democrats aren't exactly thrilled about.

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