![]() ![]() ![]() Now Biden is reversing the reversals - for instance, the letter he signed returning the U.S. Trump made reversing Obama administration policies a mission of his presidency. Biden's team, he said, "didn't want to just undo, they wanted to put back in place what had been there before or pick up what had been there before and build on it." "The motto of the Reagan transition team was 'when in doubt, undo.' That was the motto," said Phillip Cooper, a professor of government at Portland State University. The number of actions is notable, but these sorts of reversals are something most presidents do. Some Republicans have criticized Biden for pushing through Democratic priorities with a signature, after preaching unity and bipartisanship. "There's a lot of talk with good reason about the number of executive orders that I've signed," Biden said while signing the immigration executive orders. President Biden Takes Office Biden Signs 3 Immigration Executive Orders. In fact, many of Biden's actions take aim at things former President Donald Trump had done with a swipe of his Sharpie. And as a result they can be, and often are, reversed by the next president. They direct the executive branch to do what is already in its power. "There's a lot of reviewing, reporting, sort of an urging to rev up that process, but it's not a substitute for the process itself."Įxecutive actions can't create new laws - they have to exist within the constraints of the Constitution and existing statute. "A lot of what these orders consist of are plans to make plans, in a sense," Rudalevige said. They call for the creation of task forces, direct agencies to begin a regulatory process or explore a policy change. and two letters (rejoining the World Health Organization and Paris climate agreement)Īnd while the numbers are large, these actions aren't barrier-breaking.four substantive proclamations (plus one ceremonial).Here's how Biden stacks up with other recent presidents on executive orders: But Biden is using many more levers of executive authority, also signing presidential memoranda, proclamations and letters. ![]() "By sheer volume, Biden is going to be the most active president on this front since the 1930s," said Andy Rudalevige, a professor of government at Bowdoin College.Įxecutive orders are the easiest presidential directives to track over time because they are all numbered and published in the Federal Register. And President Roosevelt holds the record.Īdding his signature to three executive orders on immigration Tuesday, Biden has now signed 28 executive orders since taking office. In his first two weeks in office, President Biden has signed nearly as many executive orders as Franklin Roosevelt signed in his entire first month. Biden is close to a record set by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. President Biden puts the cap on a pen after signing an executive order. ![]()
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