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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Martin Pengelly

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Biden s chief of staff says president is comparable to historic predecessors - The Untold Story

Joe Biden speaks in Los Angeles, California, in June.
Joe Biden speaks in Los Angeles, California, in June. Photograph: Caroline Brehman/EPA

In a bullish interview, the White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, compared Joe Biden’s achievements in his first two years in office to historic successes under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson.

Speaking to Politico, Klain said: “The president has delivered the largest economic recovery plan since Roosevelt, the largest infrastructure plan since [Dwight D] Eisenhower, the most judges confirmed since Kennedy, the second-largest healthcare bill since Johnson, and the largest climate change bill in history.”

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