Biden’s Accomplishments:
Thanks to a fellow writer on Substack, Jeff Tiedrich, for making me aware of this list, and giving me the thought to write about this.
As we all know, the GQP, the Trumpublicans, the Republican Party, and all of the media outlets that continually yak about President Biden’s age, his administration not accomplishing anything since he took office, yada-yada-yada.
If you are like me, and I’m guessing a lot of you are, you’re DAMN sick of listening, reading, and hearing about, all this bull💩!
Well, my friend, and fellow Substacker, Jeff Tiedrich, wrote a piece this afternoon, where he included this list in his writing. As a matter of fact, his writing was about the media and their ridiculous reporting on the age of Joe Biden.
The title of the writing published this afternoon is:
“What the fuck does the media think it’s doing?”
And you can find it, to read it, here:
https://open.substack.com/pub/jefftiedrich?r=fnfar&utm_medium=ios
Please, if you’ve never read one of his publications, please read this one. It’s chock-full of excellent information!
Now down to todays writing! I have written before my “Thoughts and Opinions” about President Biden’s age, mental health, health, etc. And, I’ll also admit that I’ve delved a small bit on his, Vice President Harris’ accomplishments their first two years. But, I’ll be the first to admit, I never realized this list was so extensive.
Now, on top of all this, we have to remember all his travel, tending to foreign, and domestic, affairs and emergencies, that’s occurred this administration. He, nor Vice President Harris have been traveling to play golf, or make personal monetary deals with an oil rich nation like the former president spent his time doing.
This president, and administration, have been getting things done for ALL Americans. Irregardless of race, creed, color, national origin, or monetary-social position.
I gotta say. This is one hell of a list!
Here are 23 of Joe Biden’s greatest accomplishments as president of the United States.
1. Passed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package to increase investment in the national network of bridges and roads, airports, public transport and national broadband internet, as well as waterways and energy systems.
2. Helped get more than 500 million life-saving COVID-19 vaccinations in the arms of Americans through the American Rescue Plan.
3. Stopped a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence by signing the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act that created enhanced background checks, closed the “boyfriend” loophole and provided funds for youth mental health.
4. Made a $369 billion investment in climate change, the largest in American history, through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
5. Ended the longest war in American history by pulling the troops out of Afghanistan.
6. Provided $10,000 to $20,000 in college debt relief to Americans with loans who make under $125,000 a year.
7. Cut child poverty in half through the American Rescue Plan.
8. Capped prescription drug prices at $2,000 per year for seniors on Medicare through the Inflation Reduction Act.
9. Passed the COVID-19 relief deal that provided payments of up to $1,400 to many struggling U.S. citizens while supporting renters and increasing unemployment benefits.
10. Achieved historically low unemployment rates after the pandemic caused them to skyrocket.
11. Imposed a 15% minimum corporate tax on some of the largest corporations in the country, ensuring that they pay their fair share, as part of the historic Inflation Reduction Act.
12. Recommitted America to the global fight against climate change by rejoining the Paris Agreement.
13. Strengthened the NATO alliance in support of Ukraine after the Russian invasion by endorsing the inclusion of world military powers Sweden and Finland.
14. Authorized the assassination of the Al Qaeda terrorist Ayman al-Zawahiri, who became head of the organization after the death of Osama bin Laden.
15. Gave Medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices through the Inflation Reduction Act while also reducing government health spending.
16. Held Vladimir Putin accountable for his invasion of Ukraine by imposing stiff economic sanctions.
17. Boosted the budget of the Internal Revenue Service by nearly $80 billion to reduce tax evasion and increase revenue.
18. Created more jobs in one year (6.6 million) than any other president in U.S. history.
19. Reduced healthcare premiums under the Affordable Care Act by $800 a year as part of the American Rescue Plan.
20. Signed the PACT Act to address service members’ exposure to burn pits and other toxins.
21. Signed the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen American manufacturing and innovation.
22. Reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act through 2027.
23. Halted all federal executions after the previous administration reinstated them after a 17-year freeze.
We are going to discuss some of these items this evening.
Now, first, I want to say. Do we know how many Republicans, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, voted FOR anything on this list? Truthfully, I’ve not researched it, but I’m guessing that most items on this list the answer is zero, nada, none, not one. And for the others on this list, IF is was presented as a Bi-Partisan Bill, then you might have one or two at most.
Either way, EVERY Republican in the House and Senate went back to their constituents lying to them that they supported these bills, and accomplishments 100%. That they brought the money to their districts from the Infrastructure Bill, or helped control the sale, and use, of firearms. When, in actuality, they supported nothing, except trying to find something on Bunter Biden’s laptop, or illegal gains by Hunter Biden and the “Biden Crime Family” with business dealings with Ukraine or some other foreign country.
Members of Moms Clean Air Force, which is affiliated with EDF, celebrate the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act on Capitol Hill.
The first on the list, the Bi-Partisan Infrastructure Bill. The bipartisan bill was passed by the House in November by 228 votes to 206. Thirteen (13) Republicans broke ranks joining the Democrats in support of the bill. President Biden initially released the proposed bill in March, which the Senate first approved in August.
The Biden administration passed a $1.9 trillion Coronavirus Relief package in March. This package was/is designed to help the country combat the ongoing COVID pandemic.
Direct payments were provided by the package of up to $1,400 to many struggling U.S. citizens, temporarily extended unemployment support by $300 per week, and channeled approximately $20 billion into the COVID vaccination program. It also provided $25 billion in rental support and a further $350 billion into state, tribal and local relief efforts.
This legislation also tackled child poverty and nutritional issues across the country. The bill invested almost $30 billion in restaurants and hospitality and raised the maximum Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) support by 15 percent. In addition this bill further invested an extra $120 billion dollars into K-12 schools across the nation!
Additionally, 209 million Americans have received the full dose of the COVID vaccination and 249 million — 74 percent of the U.S. population — have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
This isn’t anything to sneeze at, folks! But let me continue!
President Biden has appointed 41 federal judges in his opening year at the White House. This is more than double those appointed by his predecessor, Donald J. Trump, and is the most a president has appointed in their freshman year since Ronald Reagan in 1981.
President Biden has been mindful of issues of representation in his appointments. Eighty percent of the new federal judges are women, fifty-three percent are people of color.
The federal judiciary's new look could have a lasting effect, as the lower courts are believed to be the trial stage for future Supreme Court contenders. As we are all very well aware, now, with the appointments made to the Supreme Court by Donald J. Trump, these appointments can have lasting affects on all of us.
I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have some of President Biden’s appointments on the Supreme Court instead of the five that were appointed b the previous administration!
A total of 73 individuals have been appointed to federal judgeships since President Biden was sworn in last January.
If you can recall, during Biden’s presidential campaign, and since taking office, Biden has been a vocal supporter of the need for a greater effort to tackle the climate crisis. This is something he has constantly brought up, especially after any one of the natural disasters which have occurred in this world since he’s taken office.
Shortly after coming to power, Biden re-joined the International Paris Climate Accord. Again, as with every other international group the United States had been part of, Trump had parted ways with. By President Biden rejoining this group, this allowed the United States to continue to work with global players in the worldwide drive to deter the climate's deterioration.
Last November, the Biden joined an additional agreement aimed at reversing deforestation as well as presenting a 100-country strong pledge to reduce greenhouse emissions by at least 30 percent by 2030.
In December, Biden ordered all government agencies to immediately halt the financing of new international carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects, and instead work towards clean energy use.
Despite the Biden administration's commitment to tackling the climate crisis, the United States didn’t sign a global pledge designed to end the use of coal power that was announced at the COP26 Summit.
This is just a few from the above list, but, I’m pretty sure you get the gist of the work that President Biden, and Vice President Harris have been able to get done within the first three years. And guess what, we haven’t even talked about all of the countries he’s traveled to to rebuild our relations which were totally destroyed by the previous administration, nor have we talked about the dignitaries, leaders of foreign countries who’s visited the White House and discussed relations with the United States, especially after being shunned so badly by the previous president.
It’s really difficult to understand how one can talk about Biden’s age, his health, his stamina, after the grueling schedule he’s had, and maintained, daily, since he’s been in office.
As I said in the beginning, a HUGE shoutout, and THANK YOU to Jeff for his providing this list. I implore you, if you haven’t read, or subscribed to, his Substack writing, you are missing out!
Here’s the link:
I blame much of the media for this, that's who we need to go after and demand truth from our media, make it into law!
We need to shout out the Biden Administration’s accomplishments clearly, frequently and proudly throughout the coming months. No shame on those who are uninformed or late to the Party. They are welcome.