Corporate power can be neutralized if federal agencies simply used the prodigious authority they’ve been granted.
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$15 an Hour for Federal Contractors Is Great. A Union Is Better.
Biden could kick-start labor organizing, without approval from Congress.
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First 100: The Day One Agenda Has Stalled Out
Biden has failed to act and is even allowing constraints on executive action to move forward. Plus: the SALT battle continues.
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First 100: Whatever Happened to Executive Action?
Frustration with the legislative process is inevitable. But there’s a work-around.
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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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Biden’s Executive Actions Just Scratch the Surface
Implementing Congressional laws is massively important to make progress, and Biden has the ability to go further.
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Biden’s Actual Day One Agenda
The executive actions the incoming president plans to take over the next several days are a bit underweight.
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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 Biden Can End Trump’s Macabre Execution Spree
The president-elect opposes capital punishment. If he can’t persuade Congress to abolish it, he can still commute the sentences of the federal prisoners on death row.
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It’s Time to End the Korean War
Seventy years into the conflict, Biden can resolve the original forever war.
