Thursday, December 10, 2020

7 Big Items on Biden’s White House Agenda

From The Daily Signal.com (Nov. 8):

Amnesty for illegal immigrants, taxpayer funding for abortions, and a transition from using oil for energy were key to former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign for the White House.

Biden laid out many policy proposals during his campaign to unseat President Donald Trump, which major media outlets called in the Democratic challenger’s favor Saturday even as ballot counting and litigation continued.

Trump has not conceded the fiercely fought contest, and his campaign team said it intends to pursue legal challenges Monday across several closely contested states.

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1. Taxpayer-Funded Abortion

Early in his campaign, during the summer of 2019, Biden vowed to do away with the Hyde Amendment, a law that prevents Medicaid funds from being used to pay for most abortions. It’s a law Biden previously supported.

The law is named for the late Rep. Henry Hyde, R-Ill.

Past presidents and members of Congress, regardless of their stance on abortion, have supported the Hyde Amendment.

Only in 2016 did the Democratic National Convention platform call for an end to the Hyde Amendment.

2. Amnesty, No More Wall Funding

Biden has a broad immigration agenda that is quite different from Trump’s.

Potentially the biggest reversal from the Trump administration is ending the national emergency that Trump declared in early 2019 to use Defense Department dollars to pay for construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Biden also said he wants to secure the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, which protects illegal immigrants who first entered the United States as minors from being deported.

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3. COVID-19 Board

During the campaign, Biden said he wants to set up a Pandemic Testing Board modeled after the War Production Board that President Franklin Roosevelt established during World War II.

The campaign plan says the board would run a national effort to provide diagnostic and antibody tests for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus; coordinate distribution to every state; identify testing sites and provide sufficient training personnel; ensure adequate lab capacity and swift reporting of results; and provide clear guidance on who needs a test.

In his speech Saturday night, Biden said he would name “a group of leading scientists and experts” on Monday as transition advisers to help turn the campaign’s COVID-19 plan into “an action blueprint” to implement Jan. 20, which is Inauguration Day. [read more]

The other items:

  1. Green Economy
  2. ‘Bidencare’ and a Public Option
  3. ‘Free’ College
  4. Equality Act

Nothing about stacking the court? Come on, man!

Other articles on his agenda:

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