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No further info in the article as it's breaking news. NBC broke into the inauguration to announce it.

Biden pardoned his entire family and their spouses as Trump directly threatened all of them.

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago

What would the second Biden/Harris admin have done that the first wouldn’t have?

First of all they got a lot done in the first 4 years. So much so that I cant fit it all in a single comment. You should read about it here https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/fact-sheet-the-biden-harris-administration-record

As for what they would get done, it would be continuing progressing the work from the previous term which only seems like nothing because you don't know.

Some highlights included making child tax credit permanent(now gone under trump). Implementing a tax rate for people making over 400k and a minimum tax for extremely high earners. Rasing corporate tax rate and closing tax loopholes. Capping the price on more commonly used drugs(trump has already removed the cap on insulin that was implemented last term). Loan cancellations for 5million more Americans. Expanding apprenticeships and job training for teachers, nurses, and other civil servants. Expand Medicare providing child care to millions of families for less than $10 a day. Lowering housing costs by building/renovating 2million homes. Universal background checks for guns, safe storage requirements.

Judging by how much he was able to get done during his first term its likely he would have gotten more than half of the above bills passed.