USA HISTORY

CONTEMPORARY AMERICA (1992 2013)

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN

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Joe Biden can be described as

(A) The 47th Vice President of the United States

(B) A senator from Delaware for 32 Years

(C) The Current Democratic Candidate for President of The United States

(D) ** All of the Above

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -As president, Biden has addressed the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent recession. He signed the American Rescue Plan Act, the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the Respect for Marriage Act, which codified protections for same-sex marriage and repealed DOMA.

Concept note-2: -He became the presumptive Democratic nominee in April 2020, was formally nominated by the Democratic Party in August 2020, and defeated Republican incumbent Donald Trump in the November 2020 election. Over his career, Biden has generally been regarded as belonging to the mainstream of the Democratic Party.

Concept note-3: -Biden was a longtime member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In 1997, he became the ranking minority member and chaired the committee in January 2001 and from June 2001 to 2003. When Democrats retook control of the Senate after the 2006 elections, Biden again assumed the top spot on the committee.