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Mar 7, 2024 · Opinion. What Has Biden Accomplished? Look at These 10 Metrics, Not the Polls. Biden has outperformed Trump on a number of fronts, from inequality and green spending to stocks and crime. But...
- $1.2 Trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Package
- The $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Deal
- Highest Appointment of Federal Judges Since Reagan
- Halt on Federal Executions
- Commitment to Combating Climate Change
- Support For Transgender Service Members
- Reduced Unemployment
One of Biden's flagship victories of the last year was the approval of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure packagewhich drastically increased investment in the national network of bridges and roads, airports, public transport, national broadband internet, as well as waterways and energy systems. The bipartisan bill was passed by the House in November by...
In March, the Biden administration passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package designed to help the country combat the ongoing COVID pandemic. The package provided direct payments of up to $1,400 to many struggling U.S. citizens, temporarily extended unemployment support by $300 per week, channeled approximately $20 billion into the COVID vac...
Biden has appointed 41 federal judges in his opening year at the White House. This is more than double those appointed by his predecessor Donald Trumpand is the most a president has appointed in their freshman year since Ronald Reagan in 1981. The president has also been mindful of issues of representation in his appointments over the last year, as...
President Biden is an opponent of the federal penalty and therefore reinstated a national freeze on federal executions, which had been in place for 17 years until former president Donald Trump ended the pause. In July, the Biden administration opted to restore the pre-Trump status quo and imposed a suspension on federal executions while the Departm...
During his presidential campaign and since taking office, Biden has been a vocal supporter of the need for a greater effort to tackle the climate crisis. Shortly after coming to power, Biden re-joined the international Paris Climate Accord, which Trump had parted ways with, allowing the U.S. to continue to work with global players in the worldwide ...
Within his first week at the White House, Biden issued an executive order to overturn Trump-era ban on openly transgender members of the U.S. military. The original ban was first announced by Trump during his first year in power, as the former president tweeted that the U.S. military would cease to allow trangender Americans from serving in the mil...
The Biden administration has also been faced with the challenge of restoring a semblance of normalcy to an economy burdened by the pandemic. In his freshman year, Biden has managed to reduce the rate of national unemployment. In December, the national unemployment rate dropped to 3.9 percent while jobless claims sunk to their lowest levels since 19...
The Biden-Harris Record. When President Biden and Vice President Harris took office, our country faced unprecedented crises - a raging pandemic, economic crisis, climate crisis, and racial...
Sep 30, 2022 · Joe Biden's 23 most important accomplishments as president - Upworthy. Democracy. Joe Biden's 23 greatest achievements as president of the United States ... so far. Halfway through his first term he’s made some big moves, many of which have gone unnoticed. Tod Perry. 09.30.22. via The White House/Flickr.
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President Biden worked across the aisle to deliver what decades of presidents promised and failed to do: rebuild our nation’s roads and bridges, upgrade our public transit, clean up pollution, and provide high-speed internet to every American. Confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Jan 19, 2022 · Briefing Room. Statements and Releases. President Biden and Vice President Harris delivered results for the American people in their first year in office. The President and Vice President made...
Jan 19, 2022 · Jan 19, 2022, 1:00 PM PST. President Joe Biden. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images. Biden had an eventful first year as president but enters his second year with several...
