House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, accused Vice President Joe Biden of being less than truthful when he said on Sunday that the Obama Administration underestimated the economic crisis.
“Now this is the greatest fabrication I’ve seen since I’ve been in Congress,” Boehner said after meeting with Republicans. “I sat through those meetings at the White House with the President and the Vice President. Trust me, there’s not one person that sat in those rooms that didn’t know how serious our economic crisis was.”
Republicans have been attacking the $787 billion stimulus this week, criticizing it for not producing jobs or spurring economic recovery. Democrats have said they might consider taking up a second stimulus bill, which Boehner called “an admission on the part of the administration that their stimulus plan is not working.”
Biden said there was “a misreading of just how bad an economy we inherited” to help explain the continued rise in unemployment and other economic problems.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pointed out Tuesday that only 10 percent of the stimulus funds have been dispersed and that the economy is showing signs of recovery.
