#Bidens day one agenda full

That includes expanded testing, protections for workers and establishing public health standards.įriday, Biden will direct his incoming Cabinet to 'take immediate action to deliver economic relief' to working families struggling financially as a result of the pandemic, the memo said.

#Bidens day one agenda full

More orders will come Thursday, Biden's first full day in office, when he signs several executive actions related to the COVID-19 crisis and reopening schools and businesses, Biden's chief of staff, Ron Klain, said in a memo outlining the first 10 days of the administration. Kate Bedingfield, Biden's incoming White House communication director, called the executive orders 'decisive steps to roll back some of the most egregious moves of the Trump administration' in an interview Sunday on ABC's 'This Week.' 'And he's going to take steps to move us forward,' she added. Revoking Trump's 2017 Interior Enforcement Executive Order, which broadened the categories of undocumented immigrants subject for removal, restarted the Secure Communities program and supported the federal 287(g) deportation program.Creating a COVID-19 response coordinator who will report directly to the president.Prohibiting workplace discrimination in the federal government based on sexual orientation and gender identity and directing federal agencies to ensure protections for LGBTQ people are included in anti-discrimination statutes.Revoking Trump's plan to exclude noncitizens from the census.Rescinding Trump's 1776 Commission, a panel Trump established as a response to the New York Times' 1619 Project, a Pulitzer Prize-winning collection that focused on America's history with slavery.Other Day One executive orders Biden signed include:

“Delivering on racial justice will require that the administration takes a comprehensive approach to embed equity in every aspect of our policymaking and decision-making,” Biden’s domestic policy chief Susan Rice said Tuesday. The Biden administration created an equitable data working group to make sure federal data reflects the country’s diverse makeup and direct the Office of Management and Budget to allocate more federal resources to underserved communities. The president signed an order launching a government-wide initiative directing every federal agency to review its state of racial equity and deliver an action plan within 200 days to address any disparities in policies and programs. He also rejoined the World Health Organization, which Trump abandoned in July.īiden also took executive action to reverse Trump's ban on travel from predominantly Muslim countries.īiden also extended the pause on student loan payments and nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures. The first three were signed on camera from the Oval Office.īiden has ended construction of Trump's signature wall on the U.S.-Mexican border by proclaiming the 'immediate termination' of the national emergency declaration Trump used to fund it. As part of the third order he signed, Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement on climate change, a treaty the United States formally exited in November after Trump withdrew in 2017.īiden signed 15 executive orders and two other directives Wednesday, and several more will come over the next 10 days. Sitting in the Oval Office, Biden signed an order requiring masks and social distancing on federal property, followed by an order to provide support to underserved communities.

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden wasted little time Wednesday in working to undo President Donald Trump's policies that were anathema to Democrats during his four years in office.