Elected President Joe Biden will return some of President Trump’s most controversial policies and address’ four ‘overlapping and compounded crises’ in his first ten days in office – the pandemic, the economic downturn, climate change and racial inequality. .
Send the news: This is a remark from the incoming chief of staff of the White House, Ron Klain, on Saturday. After Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, he will “sign about a dozen actions to combat the four crises,” Klain said.
Zoom in: Biden’s actions on the first day of his presidency will include joining the Paris climate deal, extending the interruption of federal student loan payments, reversing Trump’s ban on travel to the US from several Muslim-majority countries and issuing a coronavirus mask mandate.
- On Thursday, Biden will sign several executive actions aimed at changing the course of the COVID-19 crisis and reopening schools and businesses safely.
- The elected president will on Friday order his cabinet agencies to take immediate steps to provide economic relief to working families who are carrying the heaviest, ”Klain wrote.
- Between Jan. 25 and Feb. 1, Biden will address the climate crisis, criminal law reform, steps to expand health care access and immigration reform – including the reunification of families separated at the border under Trump’s immigration policies.
Why it matters: As Biden prepares to take office, the US faces one of the most politically divisive periods in modern history after the uprising in the US Capitol, while the pandemic continues to rage.
- Klain’s announcement comes after Biden unveiled plans to implement a $ 1.9 billion stimulus package, indicating a willingness to be aggressive on policy issues and confront Republicans from the outset to take their lead from to take him ‘, says the New York Times, which first published the memo.
For the record: All of these measures have been announced before, but this is the first time Biden’s comprehensive roster has been announced.
- More actions will be announced once a “final legal approval process” is completed, Klain said.
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