It Is Not Enough To Just Say All Are Equal, Claims Biden

Vice President Joe Biden discusses that it is not enough for Americans to just say that all citizens have equal rights in the justice system. (0:36)

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Cantor: Perriello Will Pursue Obama/Pelosi Agenda

House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) says that Democratic candidate Tom Perriello will follow the Obama/Pelosi agenda despite its unpopularity with voters in Virginia’s 5th District. (0:21)

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Chief Economist Says Preliminary Numbers Show Stimulus Has Been Successful

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, says that the U.S. is engaged in the most "transparent and accountable" treatment of a government program that the nation has ever seen. He bases this assertion on the progress the Recovery Act has made in saving and creating nearly 250,000 education jobs. (0:26)
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Boehner On Stimulus: "Greatest Fabrication That I've Seen Since I've Been In Congress"

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) accuses Vice President Joe Biden and President Barack Obama of lying to Americans about why the stimulus package hasn’t reversed the nation’s spiraling unemployment rate. Boehner says that we should focus on tax relief to help families and small businesses to keep what they earned in order to reduce the impact of the financial crisis. (1:07)
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We'll Have Health Care Reform By End Of August, Says Biden

Vice President Joe Biden says our nation desperately needs health care reform, and predicts we'll get it by the end of August. (:08)
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Senator Franken Sworn Into Office By Biden

Vice President Joe Biden swore in Al Franken as the junior senator from Minnesota. Franken repeated the oath of office and was then congratulated by the Vice President (0:36)
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Biden Optimistic About Future Clean Energy Opportunities

Vice President Joe Biden says, "I am more optimistic about the place we are today", referencing the new goal to achieve a clean energy plan. The opportunity, he says, is gigantic due to the "god-awful economic circumstance we find ourselves in." (0:40)
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Biden: Green Jobs Are Better. Period.

Vice President Joe Biden says green jobs, jobs that promote clean, renewable energy, pay 10-20% higher wages than traditional jobs. Biden went on to say that green initiatives create jobs in the U.S. and allow more Americans to get to, and remain, in the middle class. (0:41)
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Biden Urges Creation Of 21st Century Transportation System

Vice President Joe Biden says a 21st century transportation system will create new jobs, help the environment, and stem new technologies. (0:19)
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Biden Says Bold, Fast Action Needed For Energy Efficiency

Vice President Joe Biden responded to criticism over the administration acting too boldly on energy efficiency, saying ""We have to be bold, we have to act fast, and we have to think of the future we want to build". (0:39)
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The Democrats Will Support Arlen Specter

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) talks with Ron Brownstein of the National Journal at a breakfast on Capitol Hill. Reid, President Barack Obama, and Vice President Joe Biden all said that they would personally support Arlen Specter in his 2010 election. Reid said that support was not conditional.

“I’m not going to be in a forever, never position, but the facts are that [Specter is] going to vote with us most of the time,” Reid Said. “I can’t foresee him doing anything that would be so mean spirited that Obama, Biden, and Reid would turn against him.” (00:44)
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Congressman Sestak On Arlen Specter

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Regarding Arlen Specter changing parties, Congressman Joe Sestak (D-Penn.) said that it's better for the constituents of Pennsylvania to decide which candidate should win the primary. He feels like the Democratic National Party backing Specter may be giving him too much of an advantage in the Pennsylvania primary. President Barack Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) have already committed to personally supporting Specter in his 2010 election. (00:47)
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Specter: The Democrats Asked Me To Join

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, a long time Republican, talks about the influences he had from Democratic leaders leading up to changing parties, speaking specifically about being influenced by Vice President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell. (00:33)
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Specter: The Extremists Are Taking Over

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter talks about the importance of having a moderate wing of each party, and how that played into his decision to defect to the Democratic Party. (01:30)
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Why Arlen Specter Changed Parties

By Michael Ruhl, University of New Mexico – Talk Radio News Service

Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter talks about the process involved in deciding to leave the Republican party and join the Democrats. (00:40)
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Giuliani agrees with Biden for once

Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani says that Biden's comments that Obama would get tested early in his presidency are very revealing to the danger an Obama presidency would bring. (1:09)
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Vice Presidential Debate in St. Louis, Missouri

Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) and Governor Sarah Palin (R-AK) speak at the single vice presidential debate hosted by Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Gwen Ifill moderates the debate on both domestic as well as foreign policy issues. ( 1:31:00)

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Police support Obama/Biden in hopes of more federal funding

On a conference call with reporters the president of National Association of Police officers, Tom Nee, announced the associations endorsement of Obama-Biden. Nee said that he was please to represent "The 287,000 police officers who pledge their support to Barack Obama." Nee praised Vice Presidential Nominee Sen. Joe Biden as an advocate for law enforcement and a great personal friend. Nee pointed out that local law enforcement is increasingly taking on more federal responsibilities in immigration, homeland security and tracking of weapons and drugs.

Biden was on the call and focused on the Obama campaign's pledge to bring back the crime bill and supplement funding for local law enforcement. Biden recalled former crime bills that enhanced federal funding for local law enforcement and said that President Bush and Republican nominee Sen. John McCain consider local law enforcement a local budget responsibility and have supported the cancellation of many federal programs for law enforcement. Biden said that the last time the crime bill was funded violent crime dropped by 30 percent nationally. " You know what you need, you know what the problems are and when we give you the equipment, when we give you tools, when we give you the jurisdiction you get the job done."

Biden said that the Obama/Biden ticket will commit to reestablish the crime bill, put another 50,000 cops on the street, and support local law enforcement with technology funding. Biden said that if anyone is going to target a basketball stadium or shopping mall with a terrorist attack it is most likely that local police will be those who discover and deal with the threat. "They need the tools," he said.

Nee emphasized the need for funding quoting Biden, "It's time to mow the lawn again. It's time to get back to dealing with homeland security, because it all begins at home."
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Ellen Ratner Interviews Congressman Chet Edwards

Former Vice- Presidential hopeful Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas) discusses Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) choice of Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) as his running mate with Bureau Chief Ellen Ratner. He also discusses his congressional district and issues facing Americans. Edwards answers questions about the current energy crisis as well as the American health care system and claims that it is not impossible for Sen. Obama to win Texas in the November election (5:17).
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Joe Biden worries about "creeping militarization"

Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) expresses concern over the perceived militarization of the US foreign policy (2:08).
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