Vice President Joe Biden was traveling his old stomping grounds yesterday on Capitol Hill to swear in Senator Scott Brown. He had some interesting things to say about the filibuster rule in the Senate.
As James Traub reports in this weekend’s New York Times magazine, Vice President Joe Biden is creating a job that holds considerable power in the nation’s domestic and foreign agendas.
Vice President Biden is in Georgia, a former Soviet republic that is at war with Russia. Although the U.S. supports Georgia, it is unclear whether that includes selling weapons to the nation. The Takeaway is joined by BBC Russia anaylst Steven Eke.
Vice President Joe Biden pushes mass transit spending
Instead of spending his Earth day out in the wilderness, Vice President Joe Biden held an event at a bus depot in Maryland. The event marks the second time in one week that the Obama administration brought transit policy to the fore.
