Obama and Biden speak on Middle Class (8 images)

President Barack Obama (L), joined by Vice President Joe Biden, signs a set of executive orders that will strengthen the working rights of federal contract workers during a ceremony where he announced Vice President Joe Biden as the head of the newly created Middle Class Working Families Taskforce in Washington on January 30, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

President Barack Obama (R) shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden after introducing him as the head of the newly created Middle Class Working Families Taskforce in Washington on January 30, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

President Barack Obama delivers remarks on the economy and announces Vice President Joe Biden as the head of the newly created Middle Class Working Families Taskforce in Washington on January 30, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

Larry Summers, Director of the White House's National Economic Council, attends a ceremony where President Obama announced Vice President Joe Biden (L) as the head of the newly created Middle Class Working Families Taskforce and signed executive orders that strengthened workers rights in Washington on January 30, 2009. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)