“We face four overlapping and compounding crises: the COVID-19 crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis, and a racial equity crisis,” a Jan. 16 memo by incoming White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain states. “All of these crises demand urgent action.”
Klain remarked that the executive actions will be “bold” but noted that “the legal theory behind them is well-founded.”
In his first full week in office Biden “will take significant early actions to advance equity and support communities of color and other underserved communities,” Klain said. Biden will also move “ to address the climate crisis with the urgency the science demands.”
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The incoming White House chief of staff said that congressional action will be required to carry on the president-elect’s agenda and mentioned an immigration law Biden will try to pass through the Congress on his first day in office.
Last week, Biden introduced his legislative priorities for taking on the pandemic of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus. The proposed legislation includes an allegedly unrelated mandate for a $15 federal minimum wage, which Congress has estimated will wipe out 1.3 million jobs. The president-elect plans to introduce his legislative priorities for a CCP virus recovery bill in the coming weeks.
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On Inauguration Day, Biden will take approximately a dozen executive actions, including an order for increasing a pause of federal student loan payments, rejoining the Paris climate accord, and removing President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from nations posing a terror hazard to the United States.
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On the same day, the president-elect will command a mask mandate on federal property and interstate travel. The mandate is part of Biden’s “100 Day Masking Challenge,” according to the memo. The list of actions on the first day also includes an addition to nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures.
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On Jan. 21, Biden’s second day in office, the president-elect “will sign a number of executive actions to move aggressively to change the course of the COVID-19 crisis and safely reopen schools and businesses, including by taking action to mitigate spread through expanding testing, protecting workers, and establishing clear public health standards,” the memo states.
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More than 100 progressive groups, labor organizations, and aid groups are calling on President-elect Joe Biden to use the soon-to-be Democratic majority in both chambers of Congress to advance a major coronavirus relief bill.
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In a release accompanying the letter, the groups said they want Biden "to use Democratic control of Congress to go big on urgent economic relief."
The groups called for an automatic $600 a week in supplemental unemployment insurance, along with other brief programs, until the economy recovers.
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