Vice President Joseph R. Biden said Tuesday that the tentative two-year budget agreement is “a good deal” that will prevent another crisis over a government shutdown.
“The last seven years, we’ve gone from crisis to recovery and we’re on the verge of being able to have a genuine economic resurgence here,” Mr. Biden told reporters in Washington. “And what we’ve put together is a good deal. No one got everything they wanted. But it will last for two years, and it will prevent us from lurching from crisis to crisis.”
The vice president also praised “John” — Speaker John A. Boehner — for putting together the budget deal as one of his last acts in office before he retires this week.
“I want to compliment John and the entire Congress on coming up with this deal,” Mr. Biden said. “The only thing that could really really hurt at this point is for us to go back into this, this brinksmanship of deciding we’re not — are we going to meet our international obligation and pay our international debt? Are we going to shut down the government? This takes that off the table.”
• Dave Boyer can be reached at dboyer@washingtontimes.com.
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