In the Oval Office at the White House, Joe Biden had the portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt hung in the place of honor, majestically above the fireplace.
From his election campaign last year, in the midst of a health and economic crisis and in a climate of deep political division, Joe Biden had placed his candidacy in the wake of that of his illustrious Democratic predecessor.
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Inspirer of the New Deal revolution and energetic reformer, Roosevelt began his mandate with a flurry of laws, passed one after the other by a Congress meeting in extraordinary session for three months.
He had thus restored confidence in America, contributed to the way out of the crisis, considerably extended the powers of the presidency, and ensured twenty years of domination for the Democratic Party.
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