Biden Suggests Obama Erred in Not Celebrating 2009 Stimulus
- He says the Obama White House paid price for ‘that humility’
- Democrats lost the House in 2010 after rise of the Tea Party
President Joe Biden
Photographer: Samuel Corum/The New York Times/Bloomberg
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President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the Obama administration paid a political price for not more openly and loudly celebrating passage of its 2009 stimulus, suggesting he won’t make the same mistake with his $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill.
Former President Barack Obama “was so modest” about taking a “victory lap” after he signed the 2009 legislation to help the nation recover from the financial crisis, Biden told House Democrats in a video meeting.