The 98-member Congressional Progressive Caucus publishd a list of 55 recommendations for executive action on Thursday, months before the midterm elections in which Republicans are expected to retrieve control of both chambers of Congress.
Some of the exaggerated suggestions are:
| • | Banning new fossil fuel leases on federal territory as well as “environmental justice communities” |
| • | Revoking the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy and the Title 42 coronavirus exclusions for illegal immigrants |
| • | Issuing a national climate emergency and invoking the Defense Production Act to increase production of renewable energy |
| • | Ending domestic and international fossil fuel subsidies and reinstating a ban on crude oil exports |
| • | Dropping student loan debt |
| • | Establishing national standards governing the use of deadly force by police officers, as well as removing military-grade weaponry from police departments |
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“This is the time for @POTUS to take bold executive action. Let’s deliver on the agenda that more than 81 million people voted for. Let’s be guided by racial, gender and economic justice — not corporations’ bottom lines. Let’s get this done,” the caucus, which is led by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), posted on its Twitter account.
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“I do think we want to make sure that we’re delivering as much as we can before November, in addition to all the excellent things we’ve already done, and making sure people know what we’ve done,” Jayapal told the Washington Post in an interview published Thursday.
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Progressives are still hurting from the hit delivered to their agenda by moderate Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Both helped dismiss the House-passed $2 trillion Build Back Better Act and declined to change the Senate’s 60-vote legislative filibuster rule in order to pass gun control measures and sweeping election reform.
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As a result, left-wingers have placed their hopes in Biden himself to implement their agenda as the window to move legislation before the midterms begins to close.
“People are realizing that, at this point in the cycle, executive order is probably where you’re going to start seeing more things get done,” Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.) told Politico.
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But some Democrats say Biden’s pen should be their last hope to get their agenda passed.
“Executive action, it’s a last resort. This is a legislative body,” Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) told Politico. “But there are other important issues that need to be discussed. And if the Senate isn’t going to vote, they’re not going to vote.”
Biden issued 77 executive orders in 2021, compared to 55 issued by President Donald Trump in his first year and 38 enacted during President Barack Obama’s first year, according to the Federal Register.
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