PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden implored House Democrats on Friday to tout the successes of their legislative agenda in this year’s midterm elections, warning that if Republicans retake control of Congress, “all I’ll have is a veto pen.”
Speaking at a party retreat in Philadelphia, Biden specifically encouraged lawmakers to campaign on his pandemic relief American Rescue Plan, which he said lifted people out of poverty, boosted employment and reduced home foreclosures, “because families had money in their pockets.”
“And let’s be clear,” Biden said, leaning into the microphone. “We did it alone, without one single solitary Republican vote.”
