Joe Biden: Difference between revisions

As president, Biden signed the [[American Rescue Plan Act of 2021|American Rescue Plan Act]] in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19 pandemic]] and [[COVID-19 recession|subsequent recession]]. He signed bipartisan [[Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act|bills on infrastructure]] and [[CHIPS and Science Act|manufacturing]]. He proposed the [[Build Back Better Act]], which failed in Congress, but aspects of which were incorporated into the [[Inflation Reduction Act]] that he signed into law in 2022. Biden [[Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination|appointed Ketanji Brown Jackson]] to the Supreme Court. He worked with congressional [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] to resolve the [[2023 debt-ceiling crisis]] by negotiating [[Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023|a deal to raise the debt ceiling]]. In [[Foreign policy of the Joe Biden administration|foreign policy]], Biden restored America's membership in the [[Paris Agreement]]. He oversaw the [[2020–2021 US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan|complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan]] that ended the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)|war in Afghanistan]], leading to the [[2021 Taliban offensive|collapse of the Afghan government and the Taliban seizing control]]. He [[United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine|responded to the Russian invasion of Ukraine]] by imposing [[International sanctions during the Russian invasion of Ukraine|sanctions on Russia]] and authorizing [[United States military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War|civilian and military aid to Ukraine]]. During the [[Israel–Hamas war]], Biden condemned the actions of [[Hamas]] as terrorism,<ref>{{Cite web |last=House |first=The White |date=2023-10-07 |title=Statement from President Joe Biden Condemning Terrorist Attacks in Israel |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/07/statement-from-president-joe-biden-condemning-terrorist-attacks-in-israel/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref> announced [[United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war|military support for Israel]] and sent limited humanitarian aid to the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 24, 2024 |title=Biden signs bill that includes funding for Israel, aid for Gaza |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/24/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-palestine/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Beggin |first=Riley |title=Ukraine, Israel aid package heads to Biden as Congress caps monthslong struggle |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/23/senate-passes-ukraine-israel-taiwan-tiktok-congress/73416799007/ |access-date=May 27, 2024 |newspaper=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2024 |title=US Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid Into Gaza Explained |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/us-airdrops-of-humanitarian-aid-into-gaza-explained/7511264.html |access-date=May 27, 2024 |publisher=Voice of America }}</ref>

 

 

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