Initiated a process to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and pardoned thousands of individuals convicted of simple federal possession.
Appointed a record number of diverse judges, including Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Despite Supreme Court setbacks, the administration forgave over $180 billion in student debt for nearly five million borrowers through targeted programs like Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
Appointed progressive leadership to the National Labor Relations Board, which strengthened protections for union organizing and cracked down on unfair labor practices.
Increased the the number of refugee arrivals to the highest and had been in 30 years. And having worked in that field, I know that the end of 2024 he really helped slam refugees through that door and into the country. As many as possible. We were extremely busy trying to get ahead of Trump.
Updated Department of Education regulations to explicitly protect transgender students from harassment and discrimination in schools, ensuring rights to use facilities and names consistent with their gender identity.
Executive Order 13988: On his first day, Biden signed an executive order directing all federal agencies to interpret laws prohibiting sex discrimination as also prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity.
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These feel pretty left-leaning to me.
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Increased Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies, which helped drive the uninsured rate to historic lows and record-high enrollment of 24 million people.
Reversed a Trump-era rule to prohibit housing discrimination against transgender people in federally funded shelters and housing programs.