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Executive Examples Flashcards

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Biden Signing Statements

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  • National Defense Authorization Act 2023: Rejected requirements for the Secretary of State to establish or upgrade new diplomatic facilities
  • National Defense Authorization Act 2024: urges congress to eliminate restriction on funding to remove Guantanamo Bay prisoners
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Examples of Presidents passing their legislative agenda in congress

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  • Biden: Build Back Better bill passed in the form of the Inflation Reduction Act 2022, which increased spending on climate and infrastructure (Joe Manchin removed social safety net proposals)
  • Obama: Affordable Care Act 2010
  • Trump: Tax Cuts and Jobs Act 2017
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Biden Executive Orders

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  • July 2022: 14076, protects access to reproductive healthcare services e.g. expanded access to contraceptives and more legal protection for abortions
  • March 2023: reducing gun violence and making communities safer
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War Powers Resolution 1973

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  • Forces President to notify congress within 48 hours of taking military action
  • Limits armed forces from acting without congressional approval for more than 60 days
  • Done after Nixon’s heavy bombing of Laos and Cambodia
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Biden Student Loans Clearing

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Cleared $127 bil by Oct 2023 through executive orders, Biden vetoed House Joint Resolution 45 (2023) successfully to stop congressional disapproval of his student loan waivers

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Commander-in-Chief Examples

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  • Jan 2024: Biden launched strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen
  • Feb 2022: 3000 US troops deployed by Biden in Eastern Europe amid Ukraine crisis
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Power of Appointment

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  • 2021: Biden appointed John Kerry as presidential envoy for climate in EXOP, able to make executive appointments without senate ratification
  • 2020: Biden’s secretary of state for homeland security Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed by senate 56-43 and currently undergoing impeachment charges
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Judicial Check on power of Executive Order

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  • 2016: Obama’s executive action DAPA (Deferred Action for Parents of Americans) would have allowed some illegal immigrants legal status
  • United States V Texas: US state courts declared it unconstitutional and judgement upheld by a 4-4 Supreme Court
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Presidential Failure to Persuade

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  • Trump, 2017: failed to repeal Affordable Care Act
  • Trump, 2019: failed to get enough congressional support for his budgetary bid for Mexico wall funding
  • Biden, Feb 2024: Republican house blocked budgetary ask of $60 bil for Ukraine, using the Hastert rule to stop it from being discussed at all
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