Vice President Joseph Biden, flanked by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. , Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families. AP Photo logo AP Photo 29 months ago

Vice President Joseph Biden, flanked by Education Secretary Arne Duncan, left, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, speaks at Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. , Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, during a meeting of the White House Task Force on Middle Class Families.