10 bold moves Biden can make without Congress

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10 bold moves Biden can make without Congress

Biden can and must wield his presidential powers through Executive Orders and regulations

By ROBERT REICH at Salon

JANUARY 25, 2021 12:30PM (UTC)

https://www.salon.com/2021/01/25/10-bold-moves-biden-can-make-without-congress_partner/

This originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog.

"SNIP....

In addition, here are 10 critical policies Biden can implement without Congress:

FIRST: He can lower drug prices through Section 1498 of the federal code, which gives the government the power to revoke a company's exclusive right to a drug and license the patent to a generic manufacturer instead. 

SECOND: He can forgive federal student loans – thereby helping to close the racial wealth gap, giving a financial boost to millions, and delivering a major stimulus to the economy. 

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FIFTH: He can empower the Labor Department to aggressively monitor and penalize companies that engage in wage theft and unpaid overtime, and who misclassify employees as independent contractors – as Uber and Lyft do.

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EIGHTH: His Securities and Exchange Commission can reinstate its ban on stock buybacks – so that corporations are more likely to use their cash to invest in workers instead of enrich their shareholders. And he can rein in Wall Street by strengthening the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and other financial regulators, while his Treasury Department can close many tax loopholes.

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[kurtcagle]

1. Many of these are dependent upon having people in place to enforce them.

I think Reich is correct on most of them, but I suspect Biden'll likely want to get his key people in place and voted on before he starts these processes - they are going to get pushback.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Yes, most of that depends on having strong Cabinet members to do them...nt

[OnDoutside]

3. There was a bipartisan Bill to fix the ACA and lower drug prices

which McConnell refused to bring to the floor...bring that back and put it up to Republicans to vote against it. Then try Reich's suggestion.