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Democratic President-elect Joe Biden vows to fight the emerging corona virus, revive the nation’s economy, return to the Paris climate accord, and cancel landmark decisions by Donald Trump.
Biden (77) previously said: “We will have a great task to repair the damage that he caused.”
These are some of the decisions he plans to make “on the first day” of his term:
A national plan to fight the Corona virus
Once in power, Joe Biden wants to devise a national strategy to “move forward” in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by passing a major law in Congress to fund a nationwide testing campaign “the results of which will be immediately available “, manufacturing medical products and equipment in the United States and manufacturing masks. Mandatory in federal buildings and on interstate transportation, providing free vaccinations for “everyone” in the future.
The pandemic has killed an estimated 235,000 people in the United States.
Biden, who accuses 74-year-old President Donald Trump of undermining the authority of his health experts, vowed to follow the advice of chief physician Anthony Fauci, who is highly respected in the White House Coronavirus Crisis Cell. And he wants to “communicate the word of our experts so that the public gets the information they deserve and need.”
It also intends to cancel the US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) ordered by Donald Trump in July.
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Revive the economy
Voting on a massive aid plan to jump start the economy is another priority for candidate Joe Biden, who is confident in his ability to persuade elected Republicans to break the current deadlock in Congress.
He presented an ambitious $ 700 billion plan to revive US production after the coronavirus crisis. To finance it, he would raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans and large corporations, most notably by doubling taxes on foreign earnings.
The Democrat also pledged to invest heavily in renewable energy.
Joe Biden also wants to reinvest tax revenues in social programs, education and infrastructure modernization.
Paris Climate Agreement
Joe Biden vowed to bring the United States, which faces a growing number of climate disasters, to the Paris climate accord from which Donald Trump withdrew in 2017.
In 100 days, he will also bring together the leaders of the most polluting countries at a climate summit, as he intends to persuade these countries to increase their commitment to the climate.
Biden has also adopted an ambitious climate program in which 100% clean energy will be the cornerstone of carbon neutrality in the United States by 2050.
He also vowed to overturn Donald Trump’s decisions, which canceled or relaxed a whole series of environmental standards.
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Judicial reform
Joe Biden promised to name a bipartisan national commission that will have to propose reforms within 180 days in a judicial system that has become, he said, “out of control.”
“This is not about increasing the number of justices,” he said, at a time when Democrats were suspected of wanting to increase the number of progressive justices on the Supreme Court, which is currently dominated by the conservative movement.
He also wants an “immediate” vote on a judicial reform bill that specifically develops alternatives to incarceration, which will be restricted to the most violent convicts, in order to reduce the risk of recidivism.
Immigration reform
Joe Biden promised to abolish “from the first day” of his mandate the immigration decree issued by Donald Trump, which prohibits the entry of citizens of several countries, mostly Muslims, and that his opponents consider an Islamophobic measure.
Former Vice President Barack Obama also announced that he would ask Congress to pass a law against racist crimes.
He also vowed to address the detention procedures for asylum seekers and the “scandal” of separating families of illegal immigrants at the US-Mexico border.
Joe Biden also wants Congress to quickly pass a law that will “establish a roadmap to citizenship” for 11 million illegal immigrants living in the United States and for the nearly 700,000 young people who came to the United States illegally as children, calling them “dreamers”.
