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President Biden’s first 100 days
An overview of Biden and congressional Democrats’
priorities for the first 100 days of his presidency
January 19, 2021
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National Journal Presentation CenterOverview of Biden’s first 100 days as president
Senate confirmations and impeachment trial
Trump’s impeachment trial likely to start soon after inauguration and unknown how long it will last
National security positions (Defense, CIA, DHS) usually confirmed first
The rest of the cabinet will likely be filled faster with a Democrat-controlled Senate
Addressing the coronavirus pandemic
Passing a major stimulus bill
Creating a nation-wide testing strategy
Managing vaccine development and distribution
Reversing Trump admin policies
Start the process of rejoining international orgs: Paris Climate Accord, WHO, Iran nuclear deal
Reverse orders on immigration, reproductive health and civil rights
Advancing legislative priorities
Climate change and infrastructure
Political reform (H.R. 1), reinstating the Voting Rights Act
Immigration reform
S O U R C E National Journal
P R E S E N T A T I O N C E N T E R 1/19/21 2Immediate executive actions by President Biden
Day 1
1. Student loans: Ask Dept. of Ed. to extend pause on repayment of federal loans and interest
2. Climate: Rejoin the Paris Climate Accord
3. Immigration: Reverse the “Muslim Ban”
4. Masks: Launch “100 Day Masking Challenge” and mandate mask wearing on federal property
and inter-state travel
5. Evictions: Extend nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures
Day 2: Executive actions focused on mitigating COVID
Day 3: Executive actions focused on economic relief
January 25-February 1, 2021
1. Strengthen Buy American provisions
2. Criminal justice reform
3. Racial equity
4. Climate crisis and science
5. Reuniting families separated at Southern border
Day 100 = April 30, 2021
S O U R C E National Journal
P R E S E N T A T I O N C E N T E R 1/19/21 3Potential roadblocks to a president’s agenda
• In the Senate, most legislation requires 60 votes to advance to a final yes/no vote
Filibuster • Limited legislation can be passed with a simple majority vote, via “reconciliation”
• The majority party could abolish the filibuster by a simple majority vote on a rule
change
• Democrat’s majority margin will be slim in the Senate
Intra-party • Centrist factions will hold outsized influence over legislation: conservative
divisions Democrats and liberal Republicans
• Reforms supported by only one party will be difficult to pass if not moderated
• Many regulations issued by the Trump administration have been stalled in court
Court
• Any administration is likely to see most executive actions challenged in court, which
challenges could delay any quick attempts at reform
S O U R C E Politico, NPR
A S H L E Y T H I E M E 1/19/21 4President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet picks
Vice President* State Treasury Defense
Kamala Harris Antony Blinken Janet Yellen Lloyd Austin
Attorney General Interior Agriculture Commerce
Merrick Garland Deb Haaland Tom Vilsack Gina Raimondo
Health & Human Housing & Urban
Labor Transportation
Services Development
Marty Walsh Pete Buttigieg
Xavier Becerra Marcia Fudge
Homeland
Energy Education Veterans Affairs
Security
Jennifer Granholm Miguel Cardona Denis McDonough
Alejandro Mayorkas
Cabinet-level officials
White House White House Special Envoy for EPA
Chief of Staff* OMB Director Climate* Administrator
Ronald Klain Neera Tanden John Kerry Michael Regan
US Ambassador
Director of Nat’l US Trade Small Business
to the UN
Intelligence Representative Administrator
Linda Thomas-
Avril Haines Katherine Tai Isabel Guzman
Greenfield
* Does not require Senate confirmation
S O U R C E Politico, NPR
P R E S E N T A T I O N C E N T E R 1/11/21 5Legislative priorities for the first 100 days
“American Rescue Plan” Health care reform
• Additional checks for $1,400
• Increases minimum wage to $15 • Pass H.R. 3 and H.R. 1425 to reduce drug prices
• Increases and extends supplemental unemployment and expand coverage under the ACA
insurance • Additional health legislation would attempt to create
• Hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local a public insurance option, address surprise billing,
governments and schools and reinstate funding for reproductive health
Climate change/infrastructure Immigration reform
• Part of a 2nd COVID stimulus package, the
“American Recovery Plan” • Pass an immigration reform bill with a path to
• Additional climate legislation would aim for citizenship for some undocumented residents
emissions-free energy by 2035, net-zero emissions • Codify protections for children who came to the
by 2015 with an emphasis on environmental justice Untied States illegally from deportation
Political/government reform Education reform
• Pass H.R. 1/S.1, the For the People Act
• The bill would establish a national voter registration • Education legislation would attempt to make four-
program, establish nonpartisan commissions to year public universities debt-free for low-income
redraw congressional maps, and create a public families
financing system for federal campaigns, among
other provisions
S O U R C E The State, The Washington Post, Joe Biden for President, Forbes
P R E S E N T A T I O N C E N T E R 1/19/21 6Rollback of Trump policies via executive order
T O P I C D E T A I L S
• Rejoin the Paris Climate Accord
• Reinstate or expand Obama-era mileage standards, reversing the Trump
administration’s decrease of annual fuel economy increases from 5% to
Environment 1.5% through 2026
• Reinstate mercury and air toxics standards, an Obama-era policy that
mandated that power plants use certain mercury pollution controls
• Re-establish relationships with our allies, calling world leaders before
his inauguration to say “we’re back and you can count on us again”
Foreign policy • Rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO), which Trump withdrew
from in July, and restore American leadership
• Restore all Trump administration limitations on the Affordable Care Act
and instruct his administration to drop the federal lawsuit to strike down
Health care the ACA
• Reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era health policies
• End family separations at the border and prosecution of parents for
minor immigration violations
• Reverse EO 13769, known as the Muslim ban by opponents
Immigration • Reverse the public charge rule
• Reverse Trump administration policies that have reduced the refugee
program, and would seek to raise the admissions cap
S O U R C E Reuters, The State, The New York Times, The Washington Post, EHS Daily Advisor
P R E S E N T A T I O N C E N T E R 10/15/20 7Various priorities promised by Biden to address in his first 100 days
Immigration Unions
• Create an immigration reform bill, which would • Create a cabinet-level working group that will solely
include a path to citizenship for immigrants, an focus on promoting union organizing and
increase in the number of immigration and collective bargaining in the public and private
asylum judges, and provide health care for sectors
immigrants detained at the border
LGBTQ policy Gun violence
• Enact the Equality Act, which would ensure equal • Direct the FBI to produce a report detailing cases in
rights under the law for LGBTQ+ Americans which background checks are not completed
• Direct his Cabinet to ensure the Act is enforced within 10 business days
across all federal department and agencies • Direct the AG to deliver recommendations for
• Direct federal resources to help prevent violence restructuring the ATF and related Justice agencies
against transgender women, particularly • Repeal protections for gun manufacturers and
transgender women of color closing background check loopholes
VAWA Taxes
• Pass the Violence Against Women Act • Eliminate the 2017 tax cuts
• Double the taxes that companies who have gone
overseas have to pay on foreign profits
S O U R C E The State, The Washington Post, Joe Biden for President
P R E S E N T A T I O N C E N T E R 10/15/20 8You can also read
