President Biden rescinded the permit for completing the nearly-finished Keystone Pipeline, putting thousands of union jobs at risk and disappointing one of our closest allies, Canada,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.
President Biden rescinded the permit for completing the nearly-finished Keystone Pipeline, putting thousands of union jobs at risk and disappointing one of our closest allies, Canada,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.
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.
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.
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 The executive order also repealed the Trump-Pence efforts to minimize and make efficient and transparent any taxpayer funded union time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
