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American President-elect Joe Biden will step into the White House on Wednesday amidst crises ranging from COVID-19 to nationwide tension surrounding racial justice.
Biden has already started rolling out his plans to take them on.
Over the past several weeks, Biden has laid out several things he wants to do in his first 100 days in office. The proposals include tackling the pandemic, reversing immigration policies put in place under President Donald Trump and addressing criminal justice reform.
On Thursday, Biden laid out a COVID-19 relief package that he hopes to see pass through Congress in the immediate weeks after taking office.
The $1.9 trillion plan includes $20 billion for a national vaccination program, $1,400 stimulus checks and raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour. Biden has also pledged to provide 100 million doses of the vaccine during the first 100 days of his administration.
“This will be one of the most challenging operational efforts we have ever undertaken as a nation,” Biden said Thursday of vaccine distribution. “We’ll have to move heaven and earth to get more people vaccinated, create more places for them to get vaccinated, to mobilize more medical teams to get shots in people’s arms.”
As part of his response to the pandemic, Biden also said that he wants to begin reopening schools in the first 100 days of his administration. His relief package proposes $130 billion to help schools safely reopen.
Biden has also said in the in the 100-day timeframe, he will also call for masks to be mandated in places “where he can under the law,” such as in federal buildings, planes and buses.
