President Biden's First hundred Days In Office
Critical Analysis
According to the data in the chart above, since FDR, which president has issued the most executive orders in their first 100 days in office?
According to the data in the chart above, how many executive orders did President Biden revoke in his first hundred days in office?
What is the big story the data from the chart tells?
Why do you think President Biden has issued so many executive orders?
Why do you think President Biden revoked so many of Trump’s executive orders?
Explain why popular presidents are more likely to use lawmaking powers than the executive order.
How many laws has President Biden signed in his first hundred days in office?*
100 days into his first term, with a 56% approval rating, Joe Biden is a relatively popular modern president. Make a claim about current American politics to explain why Biden’s popularity has not translated into him signing a large number of laws?
Executive orders are used especially when presidents can;’t get their policy enacted through legislation. Presidents who control the House and Senate (as does Biden) usually pass more laws and use less executive orders. Why do you think that President Biden whose party controls the house and senate has signed so few laws?
Explain the political consequence of using executive orders instead of laws to advance a president’s political agenda.
According to the data from the chart below, how does the partisan gap in President Biden’s approval rating compare to recent past presidents?*
Why do you think there is such a huge partisan gap in the approval rating of Joe Biden?*
Learning Extension
The Federal Register lists all 40 Biden executive orders. Many people are outraged at his executive order 14021: Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity. Others are horrified by President Biden’s executive order No. 14019 Promoting Access to Voting. Scroll through the list and read the one that seems the most interesting, wonderful, or diabolical.
Action Extension
Contact President Biden and tell him what you think of his first 100 days in office.