President-elect Joe Biden
Joe BidenMissouri wife seen with Pelosi sign accused of connection to Capitol riots. Facebook temporarily bans ads for weapon accessories after the riots at Capitol Sasse, in a fiery article, says QAnon is destroying GOP MOREThe transition team outlined dozens of executive actions the new government must take in the first 10 days, while facing some of the most serious crises in the country’s modern history.
Ron Klain
Ron Klain’s Morning Report The Hill – Biden asks Congress to expand the biggest bailout response in US history. Biden’s chief aide says the president wants teams, without rivals. Biden’s transition says more than half of the 100 WH are people of color MORE, The new White House chief of staff at Biden wrote in a memo released on Saturday that orders will focus on the quartet of the “COVID-19 crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis and a racial equity crisis”.
He said that the orders will be accompanied by a “robust” legislative agenda.
“These executive actions will provide relief to the millions of Americans who are fighting these crises. President-elect Biden will take steps – not only to reverse the Trump administration’s most serious damage – but also to start moving our country forward, ”wrote Klain.
“These actions will change the course of COVID-19, combat climate change, promote racial equality and support other needy communities and rebuild our economy in order to strengthen the backbone of this country: the working men and women who built our nation.”
Biden will take action on Wednesday – the day of his inauguration – with what Klain said would be about a dozen executive orders on all four issues.
Biden also plans to ask the Department of Education to extend the federal gap in student loan payments and interest on federal student loans, returning to the Paris Climate Agreements and undoing the Trump administration’s travel ban in seven Muslim-majority countries.
Biden will also issue a masking mandate on federal property and interstate travel and will extend a pause on evictions and foreclosures.
Biden will continue on Thursday with executive actions to “act aggressively to change the course of the COVID-19 crisis and reopen schools and businesses safely, including actions to mitigate the spread by expanding testing, protecting workers and establishing a clear public health standards. ”
The White House will spend the remaining eight days instructing its office to take steps to increase the economic aid spread during the pandemic and to take executive action on issues such as bringing children separated from families after crossing the border, among others.
“Of course, these actions are just the beginning of our work. Much more needs to be done to combat COVID-19, to rebuild our economy better, to combat systemic racism and inequality and to address the existential threat of the climate crisis. But on February 1, the United States will be moving in the right direction on all four of these challenges – and more – thanks to the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden, ”said Klain.
The effort comes as the Senate prepares for the second impeachment trial of President Trump
Donald TrumpFacebook temporarily bans ads for weapon accessories after the riots at Sasse Capitol, in a burning opinion article, says QAnon is destroying GOP Section 230 worked on after the insurrection, but not before: How to regulate social media MORE in the early days of Biden’s presidency. Trump’s impeachment by the House raised concerns among Democrats that the Senate will be slow to take over the White House agenda and that the party struggle will eliminate the traditional honeymoon period that new presidents often enjoy in Congress.
Democrats criticized Trump for relying heavily on executive actions during his presidency, but Klain said “the legal theory behind [the orders] it is well-founded and represents the restoration of an appropriate constitutional role for the President. ”
The transition did not outline many components of his next legislative agenda, but Biden launched a $ 1.9 trillion plan to combat coronavirus and its financial consequences, the first legislation he wants Congress to face.
The package includes US $ 415 billion focused on combating the COVID-19 pandemic, more than US $ 1 trillion in direct aid to individuals and families and US $ 440 billion in assistance to companies.
Priorities include $ 1,400 in additional stimulus checks for Americans who qualify for them, in addition to the $ 600 checks already delivered in December; an extension to the main unemployment programs from mid-March to the end of September; and an increase in additional weekly unemployment assistance from $ 300 to $ 400.