Thread by @What46HasDone

6 months into the Biden admin:

3 million jobs created.
Over 320 million vaccine jabs given
Almost 60 million vaccines donated internationally, over 500M more promised
Stimulus checks to 85% of households
Child Tax Credit to 35M families
350B State & Local Aid

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Gave healthcare to 2 million people and made it cheaper for ~15 million
Stopped building the border wall, cancelled all contracts.
Reentered the Paris Climate Accords
Repealed the Muslim Ban
Banned federal private criminal prisons
Repealed dozens of anti-environmental rules

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$50B in housing aid, helping millions catch up on their rent
$30B for public transportation
$31.2 for Native communities, largest investment in history
$123B in K-12 relief funding
$40B in higher education relief funding, half of which had to go to students aid

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Extended foreclosure moratorium until July 31st
Extended federal student loan moratorium until September 30th, made over a million more loan holders eligible for it
Extended $300 weekly federal UI
Universal free school lunches through the 2022 school year

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Raised federal contractor minimum wage to $15 an hour
Strong job market forced companies to raise starting wages for millions of employees
Lifted moratorium on green cards and immigrant visas
Reunifying separated migrant families in the US
Returning deported veterans

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ICE deportations down to lowest in their history
Granted or extended TPS for Haitians, Venezuelans, Syrians, and Liberians
Saved multi-employer pension funds for millions of union members
Rejoined the WHO
30 GW Offshore Wind action plan by end of decade

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Ended public charge rule
Made it easier to qualify for asylum
Lifted refugee cap to 62,500 for FY21, and 125,000 for FY22 (most in 30yrs)
Directing 100B more federal contracts to disadvantaged (primarily minority) contractors over the next 5 years
Anti-hate crimes act passed

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Banned LBGTQ discrimination in housing, employment, and healthcare
Ended Trans military ban
Exec Order on Voting Rights (helps people register and get ID to vote)
Doubled DOJ civil rights enforcement staff
Sued GA over voter suppression law
$40B to childcare funding

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$17B to the VA, including $1B to retire veteran's medical debt
Signed law to increase rural veterans mental health resources
$29B Restaurant Recovery funding to help struggling restaurants
Made college debt forgiveness tax free until 2025
Forgave $3B in student loan debt

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Confirmed 8 federal lifetime judiciary appointments, including 3 circuit court judges (all black women), including first Muslim federal judge.
Revoked Keystone XL pipeline permits, permanently defeating the project
Restored CA's ability to set own climate rules

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Reinstated methane limits
$8B in food assistance, including 15% SNAP increase until 9/30
$50B for FEMA COVID disaster relief
Covered 100% of search and rescue costs after Surfside
$3B to address substance abuse/mental health
Made PPP more accessible to small businesses

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E.O. on writing rules for climate related financial risk
E.O. on equality and inclusion in the federal workplace
Comprehensive E.O. on competitiveness, incl. banning non-competes, making prescription drugs cheaper, right to repair, net neutrality, merger regulation, and more

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Released over $10B in previously restricted aid to Puerto Rico
Closed "90/10 loophole" that allowed private colleges to target veterans
Restored $235M in aid to the Palestinian people
$310M in aid to Central America to target root causes of migration
COVID aid to India

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Signed law making Juneteenth a federal holiday
Gave immigration prosecutors more discretion allowing them to drop cases
DOJ opened pattern and practice investigations into Minneapolis and Louisville PD department
Ended restrictions on consent decrees in PD settlements

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