Biden was placed in charge of promoting the Administration's [[Recovery Summer]] in 2010, an attempt to highlight the Democratic Congress's [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], or "[[economic stimulus]] program. During Recovery Summer, the workforce shrank, [[unemployment]] swelled, and [[economic growth]] slowed to less than 2%. As more Americans became the victims of joblessness, by the [[2010 Midterm elections]] more than 27,000,000 people were unemployed or underemployed. | Biden was placed in charge of promoting the Administration's [[Recovery Summer]] in 2010, an attempt to highlight the Democratic Congress's [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009]], or "[[economic stimulus]] program. During Recovery Summer, the workforce shrank, [[unemployment]] swelled, and [[economic growth]] slowed to less than 2%. As more Americans became the victims of joblessness, by the [[2010 Midterm elections]] more than 27,000,000 people were unemployed or underemployed. |