Joseph Biden

Democrat  •  Delaware  •  7th Term  •  Sworn In 1973
Current Term 2009 - 2009 View All

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01/29/09
Obama orders closure of Guantanamo Bay prison

Michigan Democratic Senator Carl Levin suggested that they be held at maximum-security federal facilities throughout the US But many don't seem welcome to ...

Source: Kurdish Globe, Iraq
01/29/09
U.S. to lay out menu of bank fixes next week: source

...The lack of credit has contributed to a year-long recession sparked by the collapse of the housing market. U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden said on Thursday that "all alternatives" were being considered to stabilize the banks. But he criticized big bonu

01/29/09
Obama And The Moral Imagination

Actually, he told a number of stories, from the personal history of Vice President Joseph Biden and his triumph over hardship, to the brief stories about a ...

Source: Evening Bulletin, PA
01/29/09
Biden to make "major" US foreign-policy speech in Munich

Munich - Vice President Joseph Biden is to make a "major" speech about the new US administration's defence and foreign policy at the end of next week in ...

Source: TopNews, India
01/28/09
Eshu’s blues: Obama scabs on the autonomy of Palestine-and the ...

... as was made plain in a press conference conducted alongside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joseph Biden and the president's emissary ...

Source: Black Agenda Report, NJ
01/28/09
Saturday’s Surge

You recently met Vice President Joseph Biden when he came to Iraq. What did you get from your meeting with him? America is committed to help Iraq, ...

Source: Newsweek
01/28/09
Don’t forget the vice president: Counselor Biden is available for ...

So, as keen as the focus is on the office of the president, I’d like to draw attention to Joseph Biden and the office of vice president. ...

Source: Culpeper Star Exponent, VA
01/28/09
Cullen stands behind his president

Instead, said Cullen, both Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden spent almost an hour with the men in the Roosevelt Room, next to the Oval Office, ...

Source: Irish Echo, NY
01/28/09
Cyber lessons from new administration

They even announced the selection of Joseph Biden as Obama's vice presidential nominee by SMS text message. Obama, as promised, put his first weekly address ...

Source: Legalbrief (subscription), South Africa
01/27/09
Kosmas seeks $2B for NASA

In December, the Florida Republican sent then-Vice President-elect Joseph Biden a letter seeking at least $2 billion in the stimulus proposal to help NASA ...

Source: Florida Today, FL
01/27/09
Dodd leads demands to see bailout work

WASHINGTON The Obama administration faces a highly skeptical Congress and an angry public if the foundering condition of the nation’s banks requires yet another massive infusion of taxpayer money. The new president’s economic team, lawmakers say, must

01/27/09
Eager for another swearing-in?

If you haven’t reached your quota of swearing-in ceremonies in the past week — what with the oaths taken by President Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden, ...

Source: Albany Times Union, NY
01/27/09
New bank bailout studied; lawmakers balk

On Sunday, Vice President Joseph Biden said he expected Timothy Geithner — who was confirmed Monday evening as Treasury secretary — to devise a plan to ...

Source: MSNBC
01/27/09
Carrie Barrepski: United States, world witness historic ...

Sen. Joseph Biden was sworn in first as the vice president, then Obama officially became president at noon. The festivities included a performance of "My ...

Source: The Republican - MassLive.com, MA
01/27/09
Gillibrand becomes NY's junior senator

Friends and relatives watched from their perch in the third floor gallery overlooking the Senate chamber, as Vice President Joseph Biden administered the ...

Source: Albany Times Union, NY
01/27/09
Kosmas proposal would add stimulus funding for NASA

In December, the Florida Republican sent then-Vice President-elect Joseph Biden a letter seeking at least $2 billion in the stimulus proposal to help NASA ...

Source: Florida Today, FL
01/27/09
Professor Jill Biden

Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joseph Biden and a doctor of education, is taking her new hometown by the horns: She announced today that she will ...

Source: CBS News, NY
01/27/09
Kosmas proposal would add stimulus funding for NASA

The move would come a day after Senate Democrats introduced their version of the bill one that allocates $1.5 billion for the space agency. Thats far more than the $600 million NASA would get under the stimulus bill proposed by the House earlier

Source: Florida Today
01/26/09
Geithner Confirmed, Takes Office As Treasury Secretary

With his wife Carol at his side and President Barack Obama looking on, Geithner took the oath of office from Vice President Joseph Biden. ...

Source: RTT News, NY
01/26/09
US-led occupation trapped at Khyber Pass

By G. Dunkel The day Vice President-elect Joseph Biden visited Kabul, the current capital, and Khandahar, the major city in southern Afghanistan, ...

Source: Workers World
01/26/09
Youngest US Senator Learns On The Job

In the span of three weeks, he went from Denver schools superintendent to US senator, a dizzying ascent for a man whose life has been marked by unusual ...

Source: CBS News, NY
01/26/09
US Senate warning highlights obstacles to BA-American Airlines ...

The influential US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, on which new US vice-president Joseph Biden recently sat, has warned of the perils of giving antitrust ...

Source: Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
01/26/09
MINNESOTA POLITICS NOTEBOOK: Pawlenty: Feds could help, but not ...

The Minnesota Democrat and former prosecutor was one of two members appointed to fill the committee seats vacated by Vice President Joseph Biden and Sen. ...

Source: Grand Forks Herald, ND
01/26/09
Geithner to Press Mortgage, Bank Relief in Growing Rescue Plan

Pelosi and North Dakota Senator Kent Conrad, the chairman of the Budget Committee, both said they foresee the need for another rescue bill. ...

Source: Bloomberg
01/26/09
The Obama Inauguration – Lego style [VIDEO]

Mini-figures include President-elect Obama and his family, Vice President-elect Joseph Biden and Jill Biden, President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush ...

Source: The Inquisitr, Australia
01/26/09
New bank bailout studied; lawmakers balk

...if the second tranche of TARP is not enough, that is another potential candidate for the stimulus." On Sunday, Vice President Joseph Biden said he expected Timothy Geithner - who was confirmed Monday evening as Treasury secretary - to devise a plan to l

01/26/09
Obama aide won't rule out more money for bailouts

Vice President Joseph Biden said on CBS' "Face the Nation" that Obama's Treasury secretary pick, Timothy Geithner, would advise the president on whether ...

Source: Reuters
01/26/09
New bank bailout studied; lawmakers balk

On Sunday, Vice President Joseph Biden said he expected Timothy Geithner — who was confirmed Monday evening as Treasury secretary — to devise a plan to ...

Source: The Associated Press
01/26/09
Discrimination at Department of Justice

And over in Delaware, that state's Democratic governor, Jack Markell, named a replacement for outgoing Sen. Joseph Biden who's widely perceived to be a ...

Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel, ME
01/25/09
Biden: I Am Not "Deputy President"

In his first interview as Vice President, Joseph Biden told CBS News' Bob Schieffer that he does not see his role to be "deputy president. ...

Source: CBS News, NY

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