Biden and Harris Top 20 Wins
for Everyday People
Passed the American Rescue Plan which protected workers’ pensions, provided funding to communities and businesses devastated by COVID-19, lowered or eliminated insurance premiums for millions of lower- and middle-income families, provided funds for affordable housing, provided money for public safety and crime reduction, provided support to small business, expanded food assistance programs in homes and schools, expanded child care programs, invested in mental health and health care centers, added $40 billion for investing in American workers, provided funding to the economies of tribal nations, and supported families with children. Child poverty has already been cut in half as a result of his efforts.
Passed a $1 trillion infrastructure bill to repair our roads, waterways, bridges and railroads, and bring high-speed internet to rural communities. Also included is money for public transit and airports, electric vehicles and low emission public transportation, power infrastructure, and clean water.
Passed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. This law provides incentives for states to pass red flag laws regarding gun violence, expands the law that prevents people convicted of domestic abuse from gun ownership, expands background checks on young people between 18 and 21 who want to buy a gun, and allocates funds for the mental health of young people.
Instituted an executive order raising standards for law enforcement agencies, with particular emphasis on use-of-force policies, availability of body cameras, and recruitment and retention of officers.
Brought the unemployment rate down to a low of 3.5%, matching the lowest rate before the pandemic. Added 13.2 million jobs since Biden came into office, replacing all of the jobs that were lost at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. There are more people in America working today than ever before in history!
Signed a bill to help veterans who have long been suffering from the effects of burn pits.
Ended the war in Afghanistan, the longest war in U.S. history. Over 120,000 people were safely evacuated, double the number calculated by the most optimistic experts.
Steadfastly supported Ukraine after this democratic country was unjustly invaded by Putin and Russia, and has successfully led the free world by lobbying NATO and other allies to add their financial and military support.
Passed the Inflation Reduction Act, making health insurance plans more affordable, lowering drug costs, preventing millions of Americans from losing their Affordable Care Act insurance, and requiring Medicare to negotiate the cost of 10 high-cost prescription drugs.
Passed and signed the CHIPS and Science Act, providing funding to produce semiconductor chips for automobiles, cellphones, laptops, gaming consoles, washing machines, etc. here in the Unites States rather than continuing to rely on China.
Provided over $369 million to reduce greenhouse emissions by 40% in the next seven years and promote clean energy technologies, moving our country to greater self-sufficiency in energy production.
Passed the Postal Service Reform Act to modernize and stabilize the U.S. Post Office.
Reestablishment of respect among our world allies
Passed the Violence Against Women Act
Passed the Respect for Marriage Act
Pardoned those convicted of simple marijuana possession
Appointed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson (the first Black woman on the Supreme Court)
Attempted but was blocked by Republicans to forgive student loans
Attempted to pass the largest border reform bill in modern times but was blocked by Donald Trump’s lobbying of Republicans to vote against the bill so he would have an election issue to blame the Democrats for.
Instituted electoral reforms to ensure that election results are not undermined
Provided relief for Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton before they even hit landfall. Empowered FEMA and the military as well as state and local responders in affected states, and till are.
All of this the Biden Administration and the Democrats have accomplished in less than four years and despite constant opposition by the Republican Party. In the meantime, the Republicans passed a dress code for the Senate, worried that green M&Ms were lesbian, blocked bill after bill, attacked Disneyland, banned books, limited free speech in schools, gerrymandered voting districts to favor themselves, Found no evidence of any crime by Joe Biden despite investigating him endlessly for loving his son unconditionally through his struggles with substance abuse, attacked Hunter Biden, who is a private citizen, bad mouth Ukraine and temporarily blocked funding for its war, call for finishing Trump’s wall on the southern border, attacked transgender people, and went apoplectic over Drag Queens.