Vice President Biden Meets With Lawmakers On Deficit Reduction

Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council, center, Jacob "Jack" Lew, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Democrat from Maryland, and U.S. Vice President Joseph "Joe" Biden talk after a bipartisan meeting on deficit reduction with congressional leaders in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 12, 2011. "We are actually making progress," Biden told reporters after the group met today. The group plans to meet again after the House's one-week recess next week, said the vice president, who also said he doesn't have a timetable for reaching a decision. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images