Biden’s White House Influence Seen From Stimulus to Debt Talks
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On the campaign trail, Republicans are reviving attacks on the Obama administration’s $830 billion stimulus package. It’s a debate Vice President Joe Biden, who oversaw the program, won’t shy away from.
Republicans say the stimulus failed; the White House says it worked to curb job losses at the height of the recession. A May report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded the stimulus increased the number of people working during the first quarter of this year by between 1.2 and 3.3 million and lowered the unemployment rate by between 0.6 and 1.8 percentage points.