For almost two years, Joe Biden told Americans what he plans to do on his first day in office – and the next 99 – if he is elected the country’s 46th president.
In speeches, interviews and in at least 49 published plans during his presidential campaign, Mr. Biden spoke of the action he would take in the early days of his government – what he would do if he triumphed in what he called a “fight for the soul of the nation” against President Trump.
The incoming chief of staff of the White House, Ron Klain, distributed a memorandum on Saturday outlining the intention of Mr. Biden has reiterated to fulfill several of his promises – some aimed at immediate action to arrest the emerging coronavirus pandemic, others to address the actions taken by President Trump in the last four years, and others to address issues affecting various administrations. continued to address.
The initiatives include about a dozen executive actions that he can institute as president alone on the first day of his term, January 20. Here are some of the highlights:
Respond to COVID-19
Reversal of Trump actions
- Joins the Paris climate agreement again;
- End the so-called ‘Muslim ban’ on travel, which in 2017 restricted travel and immigration to the US from Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen before Eritrea, Nigeria, Myanmar, Kyrgyzstan and Tanzania were added in 2020. .
Klain said the president-elect will continue to carry out other executive actions during the first two weeks of the new government.
In his 562-day presidential campaign, Mr. Bid also made other “day-one” promises – here is the list:
Day-one promises
- COVID-19 Answer: Re-join the World Health Organization;
- Immigration: Submit the bill to Congress “for the reform of the legislative immigration that will modernize our immigration system
- Climate change: Sign executive order to formulate a plan to achieve 100% clean energy economy and net emissions by 2050;
- Transgender rights: Revokes transgender military ban imposed by President Trump; Mr. Biden would also restore the Obama-era leadership for transgender students in schools to “protect students’ access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity;” and
- Environment: Delays an executive order “to conserve 30% of America’s lands and waters by 2030.”
First 100 days
Mr. Biden will rely on Congress to approve many of the initiatives he intends to achieve during the first 100 days, which could be difficult, even with the small majority held by Democrats. Here are some of the promises:
- Economic recovery: Launch an economic recovery plan for ‘Build Back Better’ in February during a joint session of Congress. The plan, released during the general election, called for trillions to be spent on U.S. products, health services and infrastructure updates.
- Climate: Arrange a ‘climate world summit’ to encourage world leaders to tackle climate change more aggressively, and to pay specific attention to global cargo and aviation emissions. This is one of the priorities that Mr. Biden has determined what does not require the approval of Congress. The new president also promised to put pressure on China to stop subsidizing coal and “outsourcing” pollution.
- Revocation of tax reductions: In order to pay for many of these wish list items, Mr. Biden said he would fight for the repeal of the 2017 tax cuts, which would require action from Congress. He argued that the tax cuts benefited wealthy Americans.
- Guns: After the FBI investigated ‘loopholes’ in the gun background check system, Mr. Biden said he would ask Congress to close the “loopholes” and also repeal the protection of liability for gun manufacturers, which would allow Americans to sue the gun industry if a gun is used in a crime. Biden also said he wanted to “restructure” federal agencies that oversee gun laws.
- Violence: As senator, Mr. Biden wrote the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 to provide more protection to women. This legislation must be re-signed into law. According to Biden, a major effort in the update will include greater protection for transgender women.
- Equality: Push to succeed the “Equality Act”, a bill to add more protection for LGBT Americans.