That same month, Biden also signed two bills extending existing economic relief during the pandemic. The plan, which did not receive support from any Republicans in Congress, also included $350 billion in state and local aid, as well as billions of dollars for K-12 schools to help students return to the classroom, to assist small businesses hit hard by the pandemic and for vaccine research, development and distribution.
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The series of measures – which make up one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in decades intended to bolster the US’ recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – included stimulus payments of up to $1,400 per person for about 90% of American households, a $300 federal boost to weekly jobless benefits and an expansion of the child tax credit of up to $3,600 per child. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Imagesīiden signed the American Rescue Plan, a sweeping $1.9 trillion package, into law in early March. Biden signed the $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill and will give a national address urging "hope" on the first anniversary of the start of the coronavirus pandemic. US President Joe Biden signs the American Rescue Plan on March 11, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. The American Rescue Plan Act and extending existing Covid-19 programs Here are the top five bills Biden signed into law this year, his top five executive orders and the top five things he will prioritize in 2022.įive marquee laws Biden signed in his first yearġ. Bush, who signed 56, according to data from the Federal Register. He also used his executive branch powers to sign 77 executive orders in his first year in office, outpacing his predecessors former President Donald Trump, who signed 58 executive orders in the same time former President Barack Obama, who signed 41 and former President George W. Over the last year, Biden managed to get some of his top priorities passed through Congress but remains stymied on others, leaving him with less than a year to work with Democrats to pass his legislative agenda before the next Congress is sworn-in following the 2022 midterm elections. Raphael Warnock won run-off elections in Georgia to become the Peach State’s senators and flip the chamber to the Democrats, giving the Democrats control of Congress by the narrowest of margins. Still, expectations for Biden were sky high among Democrats after Jon Ossoff and the Rev. On top of a once-in-a-century pandemic, the new President inherited an economy that had crumbled as Covid-19 cases rose and a nation so divided that his predecessors supporters had stormed the US Capitol two weeks prior in a bid to stop his ascent. President Joe Biden took the oath of office a year ago with the country facing challenges not seen in generations.
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