President Joe Biden had signed 28 executive orders and another 12 actions like proclamations, memorandums, and agency directives, in his first nine days in White House, a blistering pace and record for any prior U.S. president within the same timeframe. Biden’s bevy of measures include reversals of some of the policies of his predecessor, such…
Biden Sets Record for Number of Executive Actions In First Nine Days in Office
White House Aides Defend Biden’s Bevy of Executive Orders Amid Mounting Criticism
President Joe Biden and aides on Thursday pushed back against growing criticism of the president’s heavy reliance on executive orders in his first days in office, after The New York Times ran an op-ed arguing “this is no way to make law” and Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Biden was acting like a…
4 House Democrats Urge Biden to Rescind Order Halting New Oil and Gas Leases
Four House Democrats from Texas have urged President Joe Biden to rescind his executive order halting new oil and gas leases on federal land and water, saying it will lead to job losses, squeeze budgetary revenues, undercut American energy independence, and will “hurt an already suffering community.” On Wednesday, Biden signed an executive order that set…
4 House Democrats Urge Biden to Rescind Order Halting New Oil, Gas Leases
Four House Democrats from Texas have urged President Joe Biden to rescind his executive order halting new oil and gas leases on federal land and water, saying it will lead to job losses, squeeze budgetary revenues, undercut American energy independence, and will “hurt an already suffering community.” On Jan. 27, Biden signed an executive order…
Senator’s Bill Seeks to Stop Biden Restricting Drilling on Federal Lands Without Approval From Congress
In opposition to President Joe Biden’s executive order to block new leasing of oil and gas drilling on federal lands, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) is introducing a bill that would limit the White House from such actions without congressional approval. Biden signed a broad executive action on Wednesday, the goal of which is to achieve “a carbon pollution-free power…
Biden Announces Sweeping Policy Changes to Combat ‘Climate Crisis’
President Joe Biden on Wednesday revealed details of a set of broad environmental executive actions aimed at further tackling what he called the “existential threat” of climate change. The new “whole of government” Biden administration policies seek to put “climate change at the center of our domestic, national security and foreign policy,” and is drawing…
Biden Sets Record for Executive Orders in First 6 Days in Office
President Joe Biden has issued a flurry of executive orders, actions, proclamations, memorandums, and agency directives in his first six days in office—including 28 executive orders—more than any other U.S. president in recorded history in the same timeframe, according to the American Presidency Project, with records going back to 1953. Biden’s bevy of measures include…
Transgender Executive Order Privileges Men Over Women, and Boys Over Girls
Commentary President Biden signed 17 Executive Orders (EO) on his first day in the White House. As promised, he signed the EO on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation. This should come as no surprise as he campaigned on passing the Equality Act within his first 100 days…
Racial Equity, Equality, and the Bureaucrats’ Charter
Commentary Reading one of the first new presidential executive orders—titled “Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”—was for me a depressing experience. Even the term “racial equity” sent shivers up my spine: it was reminiscent of the terms “Jewish science” and “bourgeois morality,” as used by the…
Biden to Sign ‘Made in America’ Executive Order, Tightening Federal Procurement Rules
President Joe Biden is poised to sign a “Made in America” executive order on Monday, seeking to increase purchases of products made in the United States, chiefly by tightening rules around federal procurement and giving the government a bigger role in supporting U.S. businesses. Biden’s action is meant to boost federal purchases of American-made goods…
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