Thread by @What46HasDone

THREAD: 100+ major accomplishments of President Biden and Democrats:

1. Created 10.3 million jobs in 21 months
2. Passed $1400 checks, expanded UI benefits, and expanded child tax credit to recover from the pandemic
3. Expanded the ACA to cover more people and cut premiums

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4. 640 million COVID vaccines administered and over 650 million donated globally
5. 24 free COVID tests per family by mail, and required insurance to provide 8 free tests per person per month
6. Expanded Medicaid eligibility post-partum from 60 days to 1 year.

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7. Gave Medicare the right to negotiate prescription drug prices
8. Capped Medicare out of pocket prescription drug costs at $2000 per year, and capped insulin copays at $35 a month
9. Required Medicare to cover all recommended vaccines with no copay.

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10. Rescued multi-employer pensions, securing the retirement of millions of union workers for the next 30 years
11. Filled the NLRB with pro-union members, increasing protection to workers
12. Provided $350 billion to state and local governments to recover from the pandemic

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13. Provided $130 billion to K-12 schools and $40 billion to colleges and universities to reopen safely and combat learning loss
14. Permanently increased SNAP benefits by over 25% using the Thrifty Food Plan review
15. Implemented a moratorium on the federal death penalty

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Provided $550 billion in new infrastructure funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, including:

16. $110 billion for roads and bridges, $39 billion for public transit, $66 billion for rail
17. $17 billion for ports and waterways and $25 billion for airports

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18. $55 billion for clean water projects, including $15 billion dedicated lead pipe removal funds
19. $7.5 billion for EV charging stations, $5 billion for EV/low emission school buses, $5.5 billion for Low/No emission public transit buses

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20. $65 billion for low-income broadband
21. $21 billion for environmental remediation, including superfund cleanup, abandoned mine reclamation, and capping orphan wells
22. $65 billion for clean energy and grid transmission, $50 billion for climate change resiliency

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23. Made it illegal for companies to use forced arbitration in sexual assault and harassment claims
24. Made lynching a federal hate crime after over a century of trying
25. Passed a COVID-19 Hate Crimes bill that increased funding for hate crime reporting

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26. $38 billion in targeted student loan forgiveness for 1.75 million borrowers
27. Finalized rule making it easier to get forgiveness through PSLF, Borrowers Defense, and permanent disability programs
28. Passed a law allowing borrowers to separate their joint student loans

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29. Paused student loan payments and interest for 2 years, through 12/31/22
30. Announced broad based student loan forgiveness of 10k for almost all borrowers, and 20k for Pell Grant recipients
31. Announced changes to make IDR forgiveness easier are reduce interest growth

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32. Ratified Sweden and Finland's ascension into NATO
33. Ratified the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol which requires major reductions of climate warming hydrofluorocarbons, and finalized domestic regulation doing so
34. Rejoined the Paris Climate Treaty

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35. Confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court
36. Confirmed 83 other lifetime judicial appointments: 25 Circuit Court and 58 District Court judges
37. Nominated by far the most diverse slate of judges in history, with 68% being non-white

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38. Designated, expanded, or renewed TPS designations for 15 countries
39. Cancelled building the wall and returned funds designated for it to their pentagon accounts
40. Ended the Remain in Mexico program
41. Expanded the refugee cap to 125,000 per year

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Passed $390 billion in climate funding through the IRA, including:

42. 10 years of new and expanded clean energy investment and production tax credits, including a new all form zero-carbon energy generation credit
43. Up to $7,500 credit for new EV and $4,000 for used EV

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44. New credit of up to $40,000 for the purchase of commercial EVs
45. $11.6 billion in funding for loan guarantee programs which will unlock $367 billion in loan authority for clean energy and manufacturing programs
46. $12.8 billion for rural clean energy deployment

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47. $9 billion for federal procurement of clean technologies, including $3 billion for ZEVs and infostructure for the USPS.
48. $3 billion in zero emissions port funding and $1 billion for zero-emission heavy duty vehicles
49. $1.75 a gallon low emission aviation fuel credit

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50. New rebate programs for low and middle income houses to go electric, and for the installation of heat pumps and other efficiency upgrades
51. New tax credits for clean energy manufacturing and industrial decarbonization
52. $3 billion in Climate Justice Block Grants

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53. Funding for rooftop solar adoption in disadvantaged communities and $3 billion to improve neighborhood transportation access to reconnect communities
54. $4 billion to address the water crisis along the Colorado River
55. New methane fee for polluters

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56. Reauthorized the expired Violence Against Women Act
57. Passed the Accelerating Access to Critical Therapies for ALS Act which supports research on, and expands access to experimental drugs for ALS patients
58. Established Juneteenth Independence Day as a federal holiday

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59. Prohibited renewing federal contracts for private criminal prisons
60. Limited use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants among federal LEOs
61. Ordered creation of a national police misconduct database
62. Ordered new use of force standards for Federal LEOs

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63. Ended ban on trans soldiers in the military
64. Reinstated enforcement of protections for LGBTQ people in housing, healthcare, employment, and education
65. Made it easier for trans people to update their gender with the SSA and implemented a X passport gender marking

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66. Cracked down on junk fees implemented by financial institutions and other companies
67. Finalized a rule preventing surprise medical billing
68. FDA authorized hearing aids to be sold over the counter, saving $1000s per pair
69. Reversed the global gag rule

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70. Signed 2 executive orders on protecting abortion access in the wake of the Dobbs decision
71. Reversed domestic gag rule that limited Title X family funding from clinics that also offered abortion services
72. Pardoned all federal simple marijuana possession offenses

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73. Signed Ocean Shipping Reform Act to modernize regulations and lower shipping costs
74. Over $40 billion in housing assistance in the American Rescue Plan
75. Extended eviction moratorium through August 2021
76. Implemented new, tougher, car emission and MPG standards

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77. Eliminated all Medicaid work requirements
78. Signed EO on federal procurement to achieve 100% carbon free electricity procurement by 2030 and net-zero by 2050
79. Issued protections for Tongass National Forest, one of the world's largest carbon sinks

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80. Partnered with the EU to create the Global Methane pledge, signed by 100+ countires, to reduce methane emissions by 30% by 2030
81. Ended US funding on coal and fossil fuel projects overseas
82. Implemented 30 GW offshore wind and 15 GW floating offshore wind plans

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83. Designated new Camp Hale National Monument and restored Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons National Monuments to previous size and protections
84. Implemented $15 minimum wage for federal employees and federal contractors

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85. Implemented initiative to ban modern day redlining and achieved groundbreaking settlement against a nonbank lender, the first ever
86. Increased % of federal contracts for disadvantages businesses from 5% to15% ($100 billion increase over 5 years)

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87. Set up family reunification task force which has reunited over 500 families separated by Trump
88. Struck historic deal between Israel and Lebanon to establish permanent maritime border
89. Greatly reduced the number of drone strikes
90. Ended the war in Afghanistan

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91. $66 billion for the crisis from Russia's war in Ukraine, including military, economic, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, military aid to our regional allies, funding for refugees, and funds to fight global hunger
92. Partnered with allies for historic Russia sanctions

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93. Passed first major gun safety legislation in almost 30 years which closes the boyfriend loophole, puts enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, cracks down on fun trafficking and funds red flag laws, community violence prevention, and mental health services

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94. Issued final rule that bans the sale of ghost gun kits, and requires serial numbers on existing ghost guns when resold
95. Waived solar tariffs for 24 months to ensure short term installation in unaffected by trade cases
96. Invoked DPA for domestic battery production

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97. Invoked the DPA for production of solar panels, transformers, insulation, and heat pumps
98. Passed PACT Act, which gives the largest expansion of VA eligibility in almost 30 years, providing almost $300 billion of benefits to millions of post-9/11 veterans.

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99. Passed Postal Reform which forgave most USPS debt, saves $50 billion over the next 10 years, ends the pre-funding requirement, and mandates 6 days a week delivery
100. Lowest percentage of uninsured Americans in history
101. $30 billion public transit bailout from ARP

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102. Passed the CHIPS and Science Act, which provides $52 billion in incentives to manufacture critical semiconductor chips in the US
103. 738,000 manufacturing jobs created. First time since the 1970s that the economy has added manufacturing jobs after a recession

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104. Instituted a 15% Corporate Minimum Tax on companies with at least $1 billion in profit
105. Instituted a 1% excise tax on corporate stock buybacks
106. Increased funding to the IRS to go after wealthy tax cheats
107. Provided funding to plant 1.2 billion new trees

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108. Historic release of 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to reduce gas prices caused by Russia's war in Ukraine
109. Doubled the size of the DOJ's voting rights enforcement staff
110. Struck 24/7 LA port deal to clear up shipping backlog

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110. Ordered 26 Operation Fly Formula missions to bring 100 million 8-ounce bottle equivalents of baby formula into US
111. Signed 2 bills into law to address baby formula supply crisis
112. $1 billion to help small meat processors increase production to lower food prices

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113. Killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri
114. Increased federal employment opportunities for previously incarcerated persons, including expanding "ban the box" regulations
115. Signed law to prevent human trafficking from being used in government contracts

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116. Declared Monkeypox public health emergency and got over 1 million shots in arms, reducing cases 93% from the peak
117. Signed PACE deal with UAE to invest $100 billion in clean energy globally
118. Required federally funded published research to be available for free

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