Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, providing over $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending in every state in the country
Biden enacted an action plan to alleviate supply chain problems at ports and waterways
Biden negotiated an agreement to open California ports to 24-7 operation to alleviate supply chain bottlenecks
Biden issued comprehensive guidelines for military and veteran suicide prevention strategies
Biden signed a law providing a cost-of-living adjustment for veterans disability benefits
Biden signed the K-12 Cybersecurity Act which protects sensitive information maintained by schools across the country
Biden signed a law preventing the Federal Elections Commission from approving equipment posing a risk to national security
Biden declassified previously secret 9/11 documents.
Biden directed Treasury and HUD to implement policies to increase the supply of affordable housing.
Biden signed legislation that provided Congressional Gold Medal to the Harlem Hellfighters, the Black soldiers who served in World War 1
Biden restarted posting White House visitor logs after Donald Trump had stopped doing so
Biden ordered multiple agencies to enact policies that will increase the supply of affordable of homes in America
Biden signed a law expanding access for veterans to therapy dogs and service dogs
Biden cancelled student loan debt for more than 300,000 Americans with severe disabilities (over $5.8 billion worth of debt)
Biden increased food stamp benefits by 25% to directly help needy families
Biden canceled $55.6 million in student debt for students of for-profit schools
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.
Attorney General Merrick Garland ordered a halt on federal death penalty executions.
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”
Biden signed an executive order expanding access to legal representation for the poor.
Biden (and Vice President Kamala Harris) released their 2021 tax returns, after Trump refused to release his for his entire four-year term.
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
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
Biden increased the minimum wage for thousands of federal contractors to $15/hr
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
American Rescue Plan extended a 15% increase to SNAP funding, helping children who qualify for free lunch
The American Rescue Plan restores funding to veterans programs, including programs to assist veterans’ mental health, that had been cut under Trump
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.
American Rescue Plan provides money to the airline industry, preventing tens of thousands of aviation jobs who will no longer be furloughed
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.
Biden issued an executive order that will make American supply chains less reliant on foreign companies.
Biden revoked a Trump executive order mandating stricter work rules on people seeking welfare help.
Biden restored labor rights to workers at the Department of Defense.
Biden got rid of a Trump order that used COVID as an excuse for deregulation.
Biden undid a Trump-era mandate that said federal buildings had to be constructed in classical style.
Biden revoked a Trump order that suspended federal funds from going to purported “anarchist jurisdictions.”
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.
Biden signed pension relief, keeping more than 100 pension plans solvent and providing retirement benefits to millions.
Biden ended workplace raids that targeted undocumented immigrants
Biden raised the cap on refugees being admitted to the United States to 62,500 from the 15,000 set by Trump.
Biden terminated contracts with companies to construct the border wall
Biden reversed a Trump ruling and extended protected status to 100,000 Haitians.
Biden revoked Trump’s order banning Muslims from certain countries entering the U.S.
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.
Biden terminated a 2018 Trump agreement that put up roadblocks to families trying to help undocumented immigrant children
Biden stopped ICE from targeting undocumented immigrants at COVID-19 vaccination sites.
Biden will allow migrant families that were separated under Trump to be reunified in the United States or their country of origin.
Biden revoked a Trump executive order suspending the issuing of visas that used the pandemic as an excuse to do so.
Biden canceled the National State of Emergency which had allowed Trump to divert federal funds to his border wall project.
Biden changed ICE rules on arrests and detentions so fewer people are kept away from their families.
Biden ordered the EPA and the Department of Transportation to rollout increased fuel emission standards that will lead to 40-50 percent of US cars being electric by 2030
Biden allocated $5 billion from FEMA for communities affected by climate-related disasters
Biden returned the United States to the Paris Climate Accord
Biden revoked the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline
Biden blocked drilling at the Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
Biden ordered a stop to the issuing of new leases for oil and gas exploration on public lands
Biden signed an executive order creating a strategy addressing the “crisis of violence” affecting Native American communities
Biden was the first president to proclaim Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Biden signed legislation increasing the amount that can be spent providing assistance to Americans returning from Afghanistan from $1 million to $10 million
Under Biden, the U.S. State Department added a third gender option to passports.
Biden appointed a Special Envoy, Jessica Stern, to advance the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Persons
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
Biden rejoined the United Nations Human Rights Council, after America left it under Trump.
Biden withdrew the federal government’s support of an anti-transgender lawsuit which sought to block transgender girls from participating in sports.
Biden extended federal fair housing protections to LGBTQ Americans.
Biden created a Gender Policy Council at the White House, rolling back the Trump administration decision to end a similar program under Obama.
Biden has more women and minorities as part of his Cabinet and key advisers than any other president.
Biden raised the cap on admitting refugees to 125,000 after the number had been dramatically lowered by Trump.
Biden had the Labor Department issue rules for companies with 100 employees or more to have mandatory vaccines
Biden had the Department of Defense double the number of military health teams assisting hospitals with COVID-19.
Biden expanded COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan programs.
Biden ordered the TSA to double fines for travelers who refuse to mask.
Biden instructed the Department of Education to pay teachers or school officials who had their pay withheld for instituting mask mandates.
Biden required all educators in Head Start to be vaccinated.
Biden ordered the Department of Labor to require employers with 100 workers or more to give paid time off for vaccination.
Biden signed an executive order requiring all executive branch federal employees to be vaccinated.
Biden ordered the Department of Labor to require companies with 100 or more employees to ensure full vaccination.
Biden is requiring that the staffs of nursing homes are vaccinated or they will lose their federal funding.
Biden extended the pause on student loan repayment until January 31 2022 due to 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
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.
Biden brokered an arrangement between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to manufacture the single-dose vaccine.
The Biden administration will deliver more than 25 million masks to health centers and food pantries.
Biden directed the U.S. to donate $4 billion to international vaccine distribution efforts, as he promised during the campaign.
Biden secured 200 million extra doses of vaccine for a total of 300 million available vaccine doses by July 2021.
Biden deployed over 1,000 active duty troops to assist with vaccinations.
Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to make vaccines and PPE (personal protective equipment) like masks.
Biden sent more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to countries who need it.
37,000 people were evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, by the US military in 8 days
Biden signed legislation awarding Congressional Gold Medals to Capitol Police who responded to the January 6 attack on the Capitol
Biden barred Donald Trump from receiving intelligence briefings, citing his erratic behavior and the possible danger to U.S. security.
Biden told Russian president Vladimir Putin the United States would no longer “roll over” for his aggressive actions.
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.
Biden threw out 32 last-minute nominations offered by the Trump administration. Included in the rejections were judicial appointments supported by conservatives.
Biden expanded the Bears Ears national monument (reversing Trump), restored the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, and restored protection of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument
Biden ended large-scale logging at Tongass National Forest in Alaska
Biden delayed a Trump administration rule that experts said could have led to the unnecessary death of “billions” of birds.
Biden ended the 20-year long war in Afghanistan, evacuating over 120,000 people from the country
Biden created a Leaders Summit for Democracy, with the first meeting scheduled for December 2021
Biden sanctioned members of the Belarus government for their actions subverting democracy
The U.S. formally turned over Bagram base in Afghanistan to the government there
Biden sanctioned Russia for their attempts at election interference and for the SolarWinds hacking attack.
Biden had the United States rejoin the World Health Organization (WHO)
Biden levied sanctions against Russian officials in retaliation for the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.