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During his 2020 presidential campaign, Biden moved to the left on the issue, endorsing Senator Elizabeth Warren's bankruptcy reform proposal, which would roll back many aspects of the 2005 law. [164] [165] [166] During and after the Obama/Biden administration, Biden strongly supported the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
James A. Garfield (March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881) was ambidextrous; [11] he was the only known left-handed president prior to the 20th century. [4]Harry S. Truman (April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953) was left-handed as a child, [4] he wrote with his right hand and used his left for most other activities.
Following his election victory in 2020, U.S. president Joe Biden had 4,000 political appointments to make to the federal government. Of those 4,000 political appointments, more than 1250 require Senate confirmation. Upon taking office, Biden quickly placed more than 1,000 high-level officials into roles that did not require confirmation. [1]
Biden altered his cabinet structure, elevating the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, [1] director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy [2] and ambassador to the United Nations as Cabinet-level positions. [3] Biden initially removed the director of the Central Intelligence Agency from his Cabinet, but reversed the move in July ...
Shortly before leaving office Monday, former President Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a far-left activist convicted in the 1975 murders of two FBI special agents, Ronald ...
Cabinet of Joe Biden, for the vetting process undergone by top-level roles including advice and consent by the Senate; Sr. Advisor to the President, the role formerly held by Karl Rove under George W. Bush, then by Valerie Jarrett/David Axelrod/etc. under Barack Obama; List of executive branch 'czars' e.g. Special Advisor to the President
In the lead-up to the 2024 United States presidential election, there was doubt about Joe Biden's ability to run for re-election. [1] Before announcing his reelection campaign, he was facing historically low approval ratings, [2] [3] and several polls showed a majority of Democratic voters did not want him to run.
A conservative watchdog has unveiled a list of “radical leftist” officials working in or with the Department of Homeland Security — as immigration and the crisis at the southern border ...