January 2021

January 31

President Biden officially withdrew 73 proposed spending rescissions that President Trump had submitted.

January 28

President Biden directed the review and likely repeal of President Trump’s Title X rule that required the separation of abortion and non-abortion activities in facilities receiving federal funds.

January 28

President Biden ordered the United States withdrawal from the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a U.S.-led, 34-country agreement, which, among many other things, declared that abortion is not an international human right and that abortion should never be promoted as a method of family planning.

January 28

The Biden-Harris Administration restored funding to the United Nations Population Fund, the UN’s abortion and sexual rights agency. At the same time, the administration directed USAID and other federal agencies to resume funding for abortions in foreign assistance programs.

January 28

President Biden issued a memorandum revoking President Trump’s expansion of the “Mexico City Policy.” The Mexico City Policy is a longstanding bipartisan agreement to not allow foreign aid to be used for abortion promotion or performance outside the United States. President Trump had expanded these restrictions to apply the policy to global health assistance in all federal agencies.

January 27

President Biden called for the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer to be submitted to Congress as a treaty. The Kigali Amendment would be extremely costly for any individual, family, or business that uses air conditioning, refrigeration, or other cooling systems, all while offering minimal environmental impact.

January 26

President Biden signed an executive order to eliminate the use of private prisons in the federal criminal justice system. The order prevented the Department of Justice from renewing contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities.

January 26

In a memorandum condemning racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against AsianAmericans and Pacific Islanders in the United States, President Biden condemned those who identify of the COVID-19 virus by the geographic location of its origin (i.e. China). The memorandum accuses those who identify the COVID-19 virus in this way as engaging in “racially discriminatory language” and contributing to racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders.

January 22

President Biden and Vice President Harris issued a joint statement that called for the codification of Roe v. Wade as a “foundational precedent” to which all judicial nominees should commit.

January 22

President Biden signed an executive order declaring that it will be the policy of the United States to encourage union organizing and collective bargaining. The executive order also repealed the Trump-Pence efforts to minimize and make efficient and transparent any taxpayer funded union time.

January 22

President Biden signed an executive order revoking the “Schedule F” reforms that increased the accountability of more federal workers who develop policy. Schedule F would have allowed agencies to better respond to and discipline poor performers in roles with a great effect on policy creation and development.

January 22

President Biden eliminated the Trump-era system of merit for federal employee accountability and job performance and directed the senior leadership of every federal agency to engage in collective bargaining with employees, should they seek it.

January 20

President Biden rescinded the permit for completing the nearly-finished Keystone Pipeline, putting thousands of union jobs at risk and disappointing one of our closest allies, Canada, right off the bat.

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January 20

On the first day of his presidency, Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Accord, despite the environmental and job gains made without it.

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January 20

President Biden signed an executive order that eliminated expedited environmental reviews for certain high-priority infrastructure projects, halted energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and withdrew certain areas in the Bering Sea and other Arctic waters from energy development. The Biden action also revoked executive orders, guidance documents, and memoranda that had made it easier to obtain energy exploration and development permits and to proceed with construction and other projects.

January 20

President Biden signed an executive order that ended Administrative PAYGO. Administrative PAYGO was reinvigorated by the Trump-Pence Administration in order to increase government accountability for administrative actions. The system required departments and agencies to propose offsets to the costs of discretionary administrative actions, or actions not required by statute, that increase mandatory spending.

January 20

An executive order was signed by President Biden which revoked the ban on teaching or living by “critical race theory” and other race-based and sex-based stereotyping in federal agencies. This order cements the Biden-Harris administration’s support for educational programs that teach white students that they are inherently racist and need mental reform.

January 20

As one of his first acts in office, President Biden expanded federal antidiscrimination law to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Through its language, the president’s executive order effectively wiped out many protections for women and girls in federal civil rights law.

January 20

President Biden suspended the Trump-era order to ban, replace, and set new criteria on bulk-power system (BPS) electric equipment coming from a foreign country or national that poses a national security threat. The Trump rule had primarily been implemented to stop the Chinese Communist Party from having influence over the American power grid.

January 20

President Biden signed a proclamation revoking the ban on travel into the United States from several terrorist-controlled nations (including Iran, Somalia, Syria, and others), thereby putting American national security further at risk.

January 20

President Biden signed an executive order that mandated mask-wearing for all on-site federal employees and contractors, as well as any person that enters federal buildings or federal land.

January 20

President Biden revoked a variety of regulatory-reform Trump executive orders, including E.O. 13891, which had improved transparency and ensured the proper use of agency guidance documents. This Biden order makes the regulatory process easier for bureaucrats and harder for everyday American citizens.

January 20

President Biden rejoined the World Health Organization, despite its demonstrated gross incompetence with respect to COVID-19, as well as its breathless defense of the Communist government of China.

January 20

President Biden signed an executive order revoking a Trump executive order, Executive Order 13768 (Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” The order that was revoked by President Biden had maintained that interior enforcement of our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States. The revoked order had established that the policy of the executive branch would be to ensure the faithful execution of immigration laws, ensure that aliens ordered removed from the United States are promptly removed, and support victims and the families of victims of crimes committed by removable aliens.

January 20

President Biden rejoined the World Health Organization, despite its demonstrated gross incompetence with respect to COVID-19, as well as its breathless defense of the Communist government of China.

January 20

President Biden signed an executive order revoking a Trump executive order, Executive Order 13768 (Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” The order that was revoked by President Biden had maintained that interior enforcement of our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States. The revoked order had established that the policy of the executive branch would be to ensure the faithful execution of immigration laws, ensure that aliens ordered removed from the United States are promptly removed, and support victims and the families of victims of crimes committed by removable aliens.

January 20

The Department of Homeland Security paused all deportations for a period of 100 days in order to “allow DHS to ensure that its resources are dedicated to responding to the most pressing challenges that the United States faces.”

January 20

President Biden halted construction of the southern border wall and proclaimed that all resources appropriated to construct the wall would be “carefully reviewed” and redirected. The Biden proclamation directed the heads of executive departments and agencies to redirect funding for the border wall and terminate or repurpose the contracts of all of the private contractors engaged in wall construction.

January 20

President Biden terminated the national emergency at the southern border, claiming that the declaration of a national emergency at our southern border by President Trump was “unwarranted.” This action was taken despite ongoing and increasing violations of American immigration law at the border and continuous evidence for terrorist crossings from the south.

January 20

The Department of Homeland Security suspended the Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP). Under the MPP, individuals who arrive at the southern border requesting asylum are given a specific date or time to appear in immigration court and are required to remain in Mexico until that time. The January 20 DHS suspension meant that the DHS would cease adding individuals into the program as of January 21, 2020.

January 20

President Biden reinstituted the illegally-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, further incentivizing the violation of American immigration law and making a mockery of the people who have faithfully waded through the arduous legal immigration process.

January 20

President Biden ordered that the census-based apportionment of congressional districts shall include illegal aliens. The order affords legal representation in Congress and related taxpayer-funded benefits to those who are in America illegally, while incentivizing and rewarding localities that flout federal immigration laws.

January 20

President Biden signed an executive order on his very first day in office which, among other acts, abolished the 1776 Commission. Established during the Trump-Pence administration, the 1776 Commission was aimed at promoting patriotism in American education.