Sunday, January 17, 2021

Biden plans a flurry of executive orders, new legislation for first days as president



President- elect Joe Biden arrives for morning service at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church in Wilmington, Del., on Jan. 16, 2021. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Jan. 16, 2021 at 7:50 p.m. EST


President-elect Joe Biden plans to swiftly alter the shape of the U.S. government with an aspirational inauguration speech, a legislative package aimed at coronavirus recovery and a burst of executive orders designed to signal an immediate break from President Trump.

The day he takes office, Biden is planning to return the United States to the Paris climate accords and repeal the ban on U.S. entry for citizens of some majority-Muslim countries. He will sign an order extending nationwide restrictions on evictions and foreclosures and implement a mask mandate on federal property.




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