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Melina Mara/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Biden is spending big to expand the nation s safety net in the wake of the pandemic. In his first 100 days, he spent $1.9 trillion and pitched another $4 trillion to assist families and create jobs. COVID has now created a stormwave of support for government, Barney Frank told Insider. When he first stepped into the national spotlight, Joe Biden made a big gamble seeking to sweep aside the legacy of a Republican president who came to power pledging to diminish the reach of the federal government. President Ronald Reagan was nearly done putting his imprint on national politics in the fall of 1987. He had declared government to be terrifying, and resisted social safety net expansions. There was little appetite among voters for a major tax increase once Reagan slashed them for individuals and companies across the board. ....
100 Days Later, What Has Biden Actually Done? Refinery29 12 hrs ago Natalie Gontcharova On Wednesday night, Biden announced the sweeping, New Deal-like $1.8 trillion American Families Plan an unprecedented federal investment in education, childcare, and paid family leave which would be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans. In that same speech, his first address to Congress, Biden urged Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act by next month, the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death. The bill seeks to end certain deadly police techniques at the federal level and improve training, as well as ban no-knock warrants in federal drug cases, end “qualified immunity,” and create a national police misconduct registry. He also urged Congress to act on gun legislation in the wake of multiple mass shootings, specifically calling out the Senate Republicans who are stalling the process. ....