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Increase access to affordable housing
"Establishing a $100 billion Affordable Housing Fund to construct and upgrade affordable housing. He will ensure funding supports community development efforts, expanding the HOME program and the Capital Magnet Fund, which spurs private investment in affordable housing and economic development in distressed communities.
100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots for 50 million people in 100 days
My administration will get "at least 100 million COVID vaccine shots into the arms of the American people in the first 100 days. 100 million shots in the first 100 days."
Give small businesses a 'restart package' for pandemic-related openings
"Provide a 'restart package' that helps small businesses cover the costs of operating safely, including things like plexiglass and PPE."
Help state and local governments prevent budget shortfalls
"Establish a renewable fund for state and local governments to help prevent budget shortfalls, which may cause states to face steep cuts to teachers and first responders."
Increase transparency of election spending
"Biden will propose legislation codifying what should be a simple tenet of campaign finance law: any group that advocates for or against candidates for federal office in its ads or communications must disclose its contributors. No more hiding behind 'dark money' groups to spread lies. This law will require all online ads, how they’re targeted, and who paid for them to be posted by the groups to a public database on a new one-stop website, ethics.gov — so no one can target voters with misinformation without attracting media or political attention."
Require all federal candidates to release tax returns
"As president, Biden will enact legislation requiring that every candidate for federal office disclose returns dating back 10 years prior to the date they declared their candidacy for their first federal office."
Prevent the White House from interfering in federal investigations and prosecutions
"Biden will issue an executive order directing that no White House staff or any member of his administration may initiate, encourage, obstruct, or otherwise improperly influence specific DOJ investigations or prosecutions for any reason; and he will pledge to terminate anyone who tries to do so."
Make union organizing easier for workers
"Because Biden knows we need to build back better, he will include in the economic recovery legislation he sends to Congress a series of policies to build worker power to raise wages and secure stronger benefits."
Enact the Equality Act
"The Equality Act is the best vehicle for ensuring equal rights under the law for LGBTQ+ Americans, and will guarantee that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected under existing civil rights laws. .. Biden will also direct his Cabinet to ensure immediate and full enforcement of the Equality Act across all federal departments and agencies."
Improve Obamacare
"I’ll not only restore Obamacare, I’ll build on it."
Require background checks for all gun sales
"Biden will enact universal background check legislation, requiring a background check for all gun sales with very limited exceptions, such as gifts between close family members. This will close the so-called 'gun show and online sales loophole' that the Obama-Biden Administration narrowed, but which cannot be fully closed by executive action alone."
100 million COVID-19 vaccine shots for 50 million people in 100 days
My administration will get "at least 100 million COVID vaccine shots into the arms of the American people in the first 100 days. 100 million shots in the first 100 days."
Create a pathway to citizenship for nearly 11 million people
"Joe Biden will work with Congress to pass legislation that creates a roadmap to citizenship for the nearly 11 million people who have been living in and strengthening our country for years."
Use evidence to determine COVID-19 openings and closings
"Joe Biden will direct the CDC to provide specific evidence-based guidance for how to turn the dial up or down relative to the level of risk and degree of viral spread in a community, including when to open or close certain businesses, bars, restaurants, and other spaces; when to open or close schools, and what steps they need to take to make classrooms and facilities safe; appropriate restrictions on size of gatherings; when to issue stay-at-home restrictions."
Block new fracking on federal lands, but not ban all fracking
"I do not propose banning fracking. I think you have to make sure that fracking is in fact not emitting methane or polluting the well or dealing with what can be small earthquakes in how they're drilling. So, it has to be managed very, very well, number one. Number two, what we have to do is the future rests in renewable energy."