On Friday, February 27, 2009, Vice President Joe Biden and the rest of the Middle Class Task Force converged in Philadelphia for their first meeting to discuss how green jobs can be a pathway to a strong middle class.
Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Arlen Specter talk as they ride the train to Philadelphia along with members of the Middle Class Task Force including for the Task Force's first meeting Friday, Feb. 27, 2009 at University of Pennsylvania.
Vice President Joe Biden listens to Center for American Progress President John Podesta, who discussed how to design markets and a policy environment in which Green Jobs become a reality.
Vice President Joe Biden moderates the first meeting of the Middle Class Task Force alongside some of the Cabinet members most responsible for improving the living standards of the middle class -- from left, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Vice President Joe Biden talks with University of Pennsylvania's Vice President of Facilities Anne Papageorge, University Vice President for Government and Community Affairs Jeffrey Cooper, U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter (D), and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), in Philadelphia as they tour the University's Division of Real Estate Services.
Vice President Biden and the other members of the Middle Class Task Force celebrate the end of a productive first meeting.
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