Before he became president, Joe Biden has had years upon years of professional experience in politics. According to MediasTouch, a political website, Biden has served in the Senate for 30 years and passed 167 pieces of legislation. While in said Senate he brought up gay marriage and made it a reality, helped pass the Affordable Care Act, supported HIV/AIDS resources as far back as 1987, cut prescription drug cost for Medicare recipients by 50%, made it so insurance companies can’t drop you when you’re sick, gave action to combat Ebola and H1N1, and he even made a pandemic handbook which Trump so carelessly ignored.

Then in the first few hours of his inauguration, President Biden passed 17 executive moves according to the New York Post. Regarding Covid-19, he has paused student loans, appointed a Covid-19 response coordinator, extended Covid-19 moratoriums on evictions and foreclosures, and incited the 100 Days Masking challenge which requires masks and social distancing on federal property. 

Regarding Trump, Biden has stopped the past president’s order on immigration, reversed his environmental actions, rejoined the WHO (World Health Organization), rejoined the Paris Agreement, reversed the Muslim ban, stopped the construction of the border wall, and reversed his regulatory reforms. 

Finally, in more of a miscellaneous category, he has started to include non-citizens on the US census, prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, advanced racial equality, protected dreamers from deportation, extended enforced departure for Liberians, and he’s now requiring ethics pledges for executive-branch employees to sign so they officially agree they serve the American people and not themselves. 

As for the future, Biden plans to ensure that public health decisions are made by public health professionals and not politicians, he wants testing widely available and free, and he plans to accelerate the development of treatment and vaccines. Other priorities on his radar include increasing taxes for the rich, giving affordable health care, supporting veterans, and tackling the climate emergency.

“I’m running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president. I will work with Democrats and Republicans and I will work as hard for those who don’t support me as for those who do. That’s the job of a president. It’s a duty of care for everyone,” Biden said.