THE BIDEN/HARRIS PRESIDENCY

[Maggot]

I've asked several people,   and nobody can give me an answer,   but if the president elect dies before the inauguration,  does the vp elect automatically become the president?

Not if they have not been officially sworn in. It's never happened before so I believe Trump stays president and a special election is held. Or the house of representatives decides.

[Rootilda]

"Once Biden is selected by the electoral college, he officially becomes the president-elect. If he were to die between the electoral college vote but before the early January congressional certification, members of congress have an opportunity to object to the electoral results in any state and, if both chambers agree, to switch that state’s votes to the opposing candidate. It’s pretty hard to imagine Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker, agreeing to hand a state to Trump in any conceivable circumstance.

After Congressional certification and before inauguration day, the 20^th amendment would kick in. It provides that “if, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the president, the president elect shall have died, the vice president elect shall become president.”"

[cannongal]

"Once Biden is selected by the electoral college, he officially becomes the president-elect. If he were to die between the electoral college vote but before the early January congressional certification, members of congress have an opportunity to object to the electoral results in any state and, if both chambers agree, to switch that state’s votes to the opposing candidate. It’s pretty hard to imagine Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House speaker, agreeing to hand a state to Trump in any conceivable circumstance.

After Congressional certification and before inauguration day, the 20^th amendment would kick in. It provides that “if, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the president, the president elect shall have died, the vice president elect shall become president.”"

That's the same thing that Google said,     I  googled it yesterday.

[aussiefriend]

I loved on your victory night that Biden came out that he jogged out. He looked so good, so alert, so healthy and fit. No sleepy Joe there. Another vicious smear on someone's life. Dreadful. Well, he shook that image off.

[Duchess]

It's finally here. Oh happy day.

[Maggot]

I realize that I won't have to even bitch about Biden. The way things are going on his 2^nd day I think it would be better to let the new administration stumble through the next few months on their own. It should be entertaining as their own people will be bitching quite a bit. We shall see how strong Biden actually is. Good luck Jo-Jo

[rothschild]

It's finally here. Oh happy day.

Is it everything you hoped it would be?

[cannongal]

It's finally here. Oh happy day.

Is it everything you hoped it would be? 

You know that she had such tunnel vision,  that she'll be ok with 5 bucks a gallon for gas, allowing undocumented immigrants coming into the country and taxes that we've never seen before.   Why even bother to ask?

[Maggot]

I'm wondering why Biden stopped Keystone.

[BigMark]

Because he is going to save us from our self, I bet he has Johnny Carson's magic hat.

[cannongal]

I'm wondering why Biden stopped Keystone.

He doesn't have stocks in it?

[Carsman]

I'm wondering why Biden stopped Keystone.

He doesn't have stocks in it?

But Trump does!

[Maggot]

I'm wondering why Biden stopped Keystone.

He doesn't have stocks in it?

But Trump does!

 Yeah you are so right. It will be cheaper to put it on tankers and ship it down the west coast through the Panama canal and to the refineries in New Orleans. Warren Buffet could put it on his newly refurbished trains in 1984 and ship it by rail to the refineries. Thank you for setting me straight. 
I just knew I could be corrected. Besides the pipeline was outdated...............it was being built in 2020 using updated safety standard by union members. I'm not sure if I could trust them either. Thanks again. 

[HairOfTheDog]

President Biden has inherited a lot of serious challenges and his first 100 days agenda is thus very aggressive.

It'll be interesting to see if he can move as quickly and decisively as he plans.  He sure can't count on Democrats holding on to majority status in both branches of Congress past 2022, if history tells.  

And, Executive Orders can be overturned by the next President, so he's gonna have to work with Congress to get legislation passed to make changes that hold longevity.

Anyway............here's a recap of what Biden has done in the early days of this presidency.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 1: Require masks on federal property
Biden is ordering a nationwide mask-wearing and social-distancing mandate on federal lands, in federal buildings, and for federal employees and contractors.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 2: Rejoin the World Health Organization
Biden canceled Trump’s move to withdraw the country from the World Health Organization and, in an early show of commitment to the global health body, sent infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci to speak at the WHO’s virtual board meeting Thursday morning.

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[HairOfTheDog]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 3: Set up a Covid office that reports directly to Biden
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden created a White House Covid-19 response team, led by Jeff Zients, that will coordinate across the federal government and with states on ramping up vaccinations, distributing more masks and gloves, expanding testing capacity, reopening schools and more. This order also reestablishes the National Security Council’s directorate for global health security and biodefense — an office disbanded by the Trump administration.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 4: Extend foreclosure and eviction moratoriums
Biden directed key agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the Department of Veterans Affairs; the Department of Agriculture; the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and the Federal Housing Finance Agency to extend the current pause on federal evictions and foreclosures through at least the end of March.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 5: Freeze student debt collection
Biden is immediately directing the Education Department to continue to freeze monthly payments and interest on most federal student loans until “at least” Sept. 30.

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[HairOfTheDog]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 6: Rejoin the Paris climate accords
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden signed an order to rejoin the Paris climate accords that President Trump exited last year, sending the United Nations a document that will make the U.S. party to the agreement in 30 days. The international pact aims to push all countries to slash their greenhouse gas emissions.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 7: Revoke the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and cancel other Trump administration energy rules
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden revoked the presidential permit for the $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline that would have transported fossil fuels from Canada across the United States -- a project climate activists have protested for years. The order also directs federal agencies to start reversing and revising other Trump administration rules, including restoring protections and banning drilling in several national parks and national monuments and setting stricter emissions and fuel economy standards for vehicles.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 8: Racial Justice -- Nix the 1776 Commission
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden terminated the Trump administration’s 1776 Commission, a project aimed at promoting a more conservative history curriculum in U.S. schools that existed for only a few months. The group released a report on Martin Luther King Jr. Day that contained several inaccuracies and paragraphs lifted from other published works. This executive order also directs all federal agencies to create an action plan within 200 days to “address unequal barriers to opportunity in agency policies and programs.” It also undoes the Trump administration’s policy that prohibited federal contractors and some grant recipients that conduct “any form of race or sex stereotyping,” including diversity training.

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[HairOfTheDog]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 9: Unwind Trump’s changes to the census
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden signed an order revoking the Trump administration efforts to exclude undocumented immigration from the U.S. census, a change that would have weakened federal representation for diverse areas generally represented by Democrats. The order also ensures that census takers have enough time to obtain an accurate count of the population, reversing the Trump administration’s move to cut the work short.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 10: Strengthen legal protections for “Dreamers”
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden directed the secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the attorney general, to take actions to shore up the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. The Trump administration tried to abolish the program but was stopped by federal courts.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 11: Abolish the “Muslim ban”
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden got rid of the Trump administration’s ban on people from several majority Muslim countries entering the United States, a policy the new administration blasted as “rooted in religious animus and xenophobia.” The order also instructs the State Department to restart visa processing for the countries affected by the ban.

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[HairOfTheDog]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12: Cancel the Trump administration’s interior enforcement rule
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden revoked a Trump executive order that massively expanded immigration officials’ interior enforcement work and broadened the categories of who they should try to detain and deport. His acting DHS secretary then issued a memo pausing deportations for 100 days beginning on Jan. 22.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13: Halt construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden declared an immediate termination of the national emergency declaration that the Trump administration used to divert federal funding to building the U.S.-Mexico border wall, and ordered a pause on its construction while the new administration reviews the funding and contracts.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 14: Extend deportation protections for Liberians
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden signed an order extending the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) designation for Liberians who have been in the United States for many years until June 30, 2022, shielding them from deportation and extending their work authorization until then. Trump had threatened to terminate the program, which would have put the status of about 4,000 Liberians in jeopardy.

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[Maggot]

What a wonderful change of the tide! Biden is "The man" I'm looking forward to more changes that will certainly make America great and powerful in everyone's eyes. 

[HairOfTheDog]

EXECUTIVE ORDER 15: Ban workplace discrimination against LGBT employees
Biden signed an executive order making it clear that his administration interprets the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The order also directs federal agencies to make sure existing laws banning sex discrimination also prohibit discrimination against gay, bisexual and transgender workers.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 16: Implement an ethics pledge for all executive branch officials
Biden signed an ethics pledge and ordered every appointee in the executive branch to do so as well. The pledges cover both a ban on political interference with the Justice Department and a ban on all officials using their office for their own personal gain.

EXECUTIVE ORDER 17: Freeze Trump’s “midnight regulations”
REVERSAL OF TRUMP ORDER
Biden signed an order that will freeze all Trump administration regulations currently in process, blocking them from taking effect while the new administration reviews them.

Refs:
Biden executive orders: The 17 things Joe Biden did on Day One (politico.com)
All of President Biden’s key executive orders — in one chart - MarketWatch