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The Biden Presidency: The First 100 Days
Posted on: April 28, 2021
Written by Stephen J. Wayne, author of the forthcoming book The Biden Presidency.
Why are the first 100 days such an important period for a new president? Attribute the credit or blame to Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1933, after his first 100 days, Roosevelt explained in a radio broadcast We all wanted the opportunity of a little quiet thought to examine and assimilate in a mental picture the crowding events of the hundred days which had been devoted to the starting of the wheels of the New Deal.
It was during this period that Roosevelt instituted executive actions and called a special session of Congress to enact legislation to relieve personal suffering during the Great Depression, speed the country’s economic recovery, and initiate reforms to preclude such an economic crisis from happening again. Ever since Roosevelt’s assertion that 100 days was a suitable period for an initial assessment of a new administ