Day One Agenda
The Day One Agenda: Highlights
Laws already on the books give a president great discretionary power for constructive change—without abusing executive authority.
Victor Juhasz
Overhaul the Business of Wall Street
Remaking the financial system does not require any new laws.
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A Revolution in Cost-Benefit Rules
How Biden’s new team at the Office of Management and Budget is reversing several decades of pseudo-technical right-wing mischief
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Force Drug Companies to Lower Prices
Presidents have two powerful sticks that could weaken the pharmaceutical industry’s power to rake in astronomical profits.
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Introducing the Executive Action Tracker
The Prospect is monitoring 77 significant executive actions that Biden can implement without further legislation from Congress.
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The Day One Agenda for Corporate Taxes
Even without Congress, President-elect Biden’s regulatory agencies can fix a lot of problems with the corporate tax code.
Victor Juhasz
TPS for All
President Biden could offer Temporary Protected Status to all immigrants who come from countries suffering from the pandemic.
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Reanimated Corpse of Antonin Scalia Tries to Stop Student Debt Cancellation
Almost every citation in an Education Department analysis on why debt cancellation would be illegal comes from the late conservative jurist.
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How to Dismantle For-Profit Colleges, Without Congress
A previously undisclosed memo to the Education Department offers a step-by-step guide to closing predatory schools before they suck up more federal loans.
Victor Juhasz
How Biden Can Close Guantanamo Once and for All
Obama’s failed attempt to shutter the facility left us with some instructive lessons.
