Top government officials, led by Vice President Joe Biden, will work on policies to help the middle class.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

But much of the middle class and urban wealthy accused him of corruption and abuse of power.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

These prints were popular with the middle class people living in towns.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Michigan Democrat, said Americans at all levels but notably the middle class continue to struggle.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

In his comments to the Middle Class Task Force, which is chaired by Vice President Joe Biden, Mr.Obama offered a preview.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

"It is time to do what is right, not for the next election, but for the middle class."

VOA: standard.2010.07.19

The president spoke at a meeting of a White House advisory panel set up to study the problems facing the middle class and propose solutions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

A Coast Guard lieutenant said the government's plan was driving the middle class into poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

"Accountability for the insurance companies, affordability for the middle class, accessibility for many,many more people."

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

But climate change negotiators worry that without quick action, the carbon footprint of countries like India and China will rise dramatically as their fast-growing economies propel millions into the middle class.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"We have just come through what was one of the most difficult decades the middle class has ever faced a decade in which median income fell, and our economy lost about as many jobs as it gained,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.25

Jarrett indicates that will be a focus of the State of the Union Address, "he will be able to set forward his priorities and they will be focusing on the middle class our middle class is struggling out there, they are frustrated, they are angry."

VOA: standard.2010.01.24

The party opposes his plan to cut taxes for middle class Americans and use of government spending to increase economic activity.

VOA: special.2009.05.02

Its large rooms and affordable rent gave middle class black people a new kind of housing opportunity in the nineteen sixties.

VOA: special.2009.12.27