July 15, 2021 by Oliver Willis
Tracking what Joe Biden has accomplished since becoming the 46th president of the United States on January 20, 2021.
As of July 2021 there are 71 verified accomplishments for Biden on the comprehensive list.
Domestic Policy
Biden canceled $55.6 million in student debt for students of for-profit schools
For profit schools? Not all are scams.
Biden has the narrowest pay gap between women and men in the White House of any president
The Biden administration released rules that protect patients from unexpected medical bills.
Cheese and crackers. Many hospital staff are independent contractors. On your last ER visit, 9 out of 10 staff were not hospital employees. Do they bill the hospital, the insurance company and the short on their rates?
Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a halt on federal death penalty executions.
I have a problem with death penalty sentences. Most are never carried out and cost millions in legal challenges. I do not believe they deter crime. I have a problem with the state killing citizens.
Life without parole is also counter-productive. What does that convict have to lose by commiting cimes inside?
Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (aka COVID-19 Stimulus) providing $1.9 trillion of relief to the American economy
Biden signed an executive order to make the Department of Justice work on reducing the use of “ghost guns”
An empty and useless law. Having a serial number doesn't make a gun or the public any safer. However, serialized weapons would be easier to return to the maker/owner after it was stolen and used by criminals.
The article cited the ease and speed with which kits can be assembled. Weapons are stolen even more efficiently. Local law enforcement recently uncovered almost a dozen weapons stolen, mostly from cars by a single perp. Come on, people- secure your weapons.
Biden signed an executive order expanding access to legal representation for the poor.
If this actually helps, I applaud it. However, most PDs are already overloaded and the detained who can't afford an attorney spend years in jail before the trial.
Biden (and Vice President Kamala Harris) released their 2021 tax returns, after Trump refused to release his for his entire four-year term.
Trump is, was and always wil be a crook and a liar, a bank, insurance and tax fraudster.
Biden ordered the Department of Justice to produce a rule clarifying when a device marketed as a gun brace turns a pistol effectively into a short-barreled rifle.
Good call.
Biden told the Department of Justice to produce model “red flag” legislation for all 50 states so that they could enact such laws against gun violence
Good call. Now, a conscientous respectful method is needed of reporting peope with psychological, psychiatric issues in the “red flag” databse.
Biden increased the minimum wage for thousands of federal contractors to $15/hr
Opposed.
Stimulus payments from the American Rescue Plan were sent via direct deposit just 24 hours after the plan was signed into law
Biden directed $2.5 billion in funding to specifically address America’s mental illness and addiction crisis
Not a step in the right direction, but at least a move to look for an answer.
American Rescue Plan extended a 15% increase to SNAP funding, helping children who qualify for free lunch
Good move.
The American Rescue Plan restores funding to veterans programs, including programs to assist veterans’ mental health, that had been cut under Trump
Veterans health care is a joke or an accident- if you have the luck to see somebody who can help.
The American Rescue Plan adds boosted funding to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), providing new options for people who need health insurance and lowering costs for people already insured.
The greatest mistake in American politics- not fixing Obamacare. The GoP said feck you, America, die quiet.
American Rescue Plan provides money to the airline industry, preventing tens of thousands of aviation jobs who will no longer be furloughed
Good call.
Socially disadvantaged (including Black, Latino, Asian-American, and Native American) farmers will get $4 billion from the American Rescue Plan in debt relief, while another $1 billion will create a racial equity commission.
Biden will be nominating three Democrats to the USPS board of governors, which will lead to the removal of Postmaster Louis DeJoy.
DeJoy is DePain in the arse. In spite of 'conservative' attacks on the USPS, service has gotten better over the last few decades.
Biden issued an executive order that will make American supply chains less reliant on foreign companies.
Huh, what?
Biden revoked a Trump executive order mandating stricter work rules on people seeking welfare help.
Huh, what?
Biden restored labor rights to workers at the Department of Defense.
I am a devout believer in organized labor.
Biden got rid of a Trump order that used COVID as an excuse for deregulation.
Huh, what?
Biden undid a Trump-era mandate that said federal buildings had to be constructed in classical style.
Hmm... Hitler, too, considered himself an architect and demanded his 'style' in public buildings. Interesting coinkidink, ain't it?
Biden revoked a Trump order that suspended federal funds from going to purported “anarchist jurisdictions.”
Citizens, their metropolitan area and their tax money should not be subject to oppression of any nature.
Biden got rid of conservative officials stashed at the Voice of America and other broadcasting-related entities of the government.
Biden issued an executive order requiring political appointees to take an ethics pledge.
Good call.
Biden signed pension relief, keeping more than 100 pension plans solvent and providing retirement benefits to millions.
Good call.
Immigration/Border
Biden raised the cap on refugees being admitted to the United States to 62,500 from the 15,000 set by Trump.
Not enough. America's population is stalling, which will have an economic impact.
Biden terminated contracts with companies to construct the border wall
Biden reversed a Trump ruling and extended protected status to 100,000 Haitians.
Good call.
Biden revoked Trump’s order banning Muslims from certain countries entering the U.S.
America was not designed to have state religion- freedom of conscience.
Biden reinstated the Central American Minors Program, a program begun under President Obama that allows minors from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to reunite with a parent living lawfully in the United States.
Good call.
Biden terminated a 2018 Trump agreement that put up roadblocks to families trying to help undocumented immigrant children
Good call.
Biden stopped ICE from targeting undocumented immigrants at COVID-19 vaccination sites.
Good Call.
Biden will allow migrant families that were separated under Trump to be reunified in the United States or their country of origin.
Good call.
Biden revoked a Trump executive order suspending the issuing of visas that used the pandemic as an excuse to do so.
Good call.
Biden canceled the National State of Emergency which had allowed Trump to divert federal funds to his border wall project.
The Wall was an ignorant idea.
Biden changed ICE rules on arrests and detentions so fewer people are kept away from their families.
Good call
Climate Change
Biden returned the United States to the Paris Climate Accord
Damned good call.
Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline
I believe it failed on it's own.
Biden blocked drilling at the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
Damned good call.
Biden ordered a stop to the issuing of new leases for oil and gas exploration on public lands
Disagree.
Human Rights
Under Biden, the U.S. State Department added a third gender option to passports.
WTF?
Biden appointed a Special Envoy, Jessica Stern, to advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
WTF? Human rights are human rights.
Biden had the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) recognize that laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also apply to LGBTQ+ people, reversing a Trump’s policy
WTF?
Biden rejoined the United Nations Human Rights Council, after America left it under Trump.
Good call.
Biden withdrew the federal government’s support of an anti-transgender lawsuit which sought to block transgender girls from participating in sports.
WTF?
Biden extended federal fair housing protections to LGBTQ Americans.
Good call.
Biden created a Gender Policy Council at the White House, rolling back the Trump administration decision to end a similar program under Obama.
WTF?
Biden has more women and minorities as part of his Cabinet and key advisers than any other president.
WTF?
Biden raised the cap on admitting refugees to 125,000 after the number had been dramatically lowered by Trump.
A 'cap' on refugees?
COVID-19
Biden directed every state, along with all tribes and territories, to make all adults eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine by May 1 2021
Why was that necessary? Because 'the very stable genius' Donald Trump politicised the novel coronavirus. Nearly killed him, a bit of poetic justice.
Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to accelerate vaccine development. This led to enough vaccine being produced to have supply for every adult American by May 2021 instead of the original date of July 2021.
Kudos to Trump on Operation Warp Speed. If only his administration had planned for the deployment, he could have stolen the Covid 19 issue from Biden.
Biden brokered an arrangement between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to manufacture the single-dose vaccine.
Good, obvious call.
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National Security
Biden barred Donald Trump from receiving intelligence briefings, citing his erratic behavior and the possible danger to U.S. security.
Minor inconvenience to Putin. Major embarrassment to Trump/
Biden told Russian president Vladimir Putin the United States would no longer “roll over” for his aggressive actions.
Yeah, well- we'll see.
Biden rescinded the Trump administration’s decision to designate Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a terrorist group. The designation was widely criticized by international organizations at the time.
Stay out of foreign civil wars, period.
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Foreign Policy
The U.S. formally turned over Bagram base in Afghanistan to the government there
We ain't there any more, so what?
Biden sanctioned Russia for their attempts at election interference and for the SolarWinds hacking attack.
Good call.
Biden had the United States rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO)
Really good call.
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