Biden bringing middle class task force to Minn.

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Vice President Joe Biden will visit St. Cloud on Thursday to discuss the middle class economic recovery.
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(AP) - Vice President Joe Biden will visit St. Cloud on Thursday for a town hall forum on how the recovery act can help build a strong middle class.

The White House announced that Biden and members of the middle class task force will hold the session at the New Flyer Bus Co., which produces low-emission, alternative-fuel vehicles.

According to the White House announcement, New Flyer hired more than 90 people at the St. Cloud plant last year and now has 650 employees working to fill a two-year backlog of orders.

Biden and the task force members will be taking questions from the audience and submitted through a White House Web site, www.astrongmiddleclass.gov.

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Information from: St. Cloud Times, http://www.sctimes.com

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