Obama delegated Biden to lead negotiations with Congress in March 2011 to resolve federal spending levels for the rest of the year and avoid a government shutdown. The U.S. debt ceiling crisis developed over the next few months, but Biden's relationship with McConnell again proved key in breaking a deadlock and bringing about a deal to resolve it, in the form of the Budget Control Act of 2011, signed on August 2, 2011, the same day an unprecedented U.S. default had loomed. Some reports suggest that Biden opposed proceeding with the May 2011 U.S. mission to kill Osama bin Laden, lest failure adversely affect Obama's reelection prospects.
Obama delegated Biden to lead negotiations with Congress in March 2011 to resolve federal spending levels for the rest of the year and avoid a government shutdown The US debt ceiling crisis developed over the next few months but Biden's relationship with McConnell again proved key in breaking a deadlock and bringing about a deal to resolve it in the form of the Budget Control Act of 2011 signed on August 2 2011 the same day an unprecedented US default had loomed Some reports suggest that Biden opposed proceeding with the May 2011 US mission to kill Osama bin Laden lest failure adversely affect Obama's reelection prospects