Biden Reaches 100 Days In Office

This week, President Joe Biden reaches 100 days in office, a milestone often used to measure presidents' progress during the early part of their term. Since taking office, Biden has signed 11 bills into law and issued 42 executive orders — the most in a president's first 100 days since Roosevelt in 1933. Biden also reversed 62 Trump-era orders, which include re-joining the Paris climate agreement, pausing the U.S. exit from the World Health Organization and pausing border wall construction. Most news outlets focused on analyzing Biden's response to individual issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, immigration, climate change and healthcare, as well as his bipartisan endeavors. Outlets from across the spectrum said Biden has yet to make much progress toward his goal of restoring bipartisanship and unity; many cited Biden's American Rescue Plan, which passed without a single GOP vote, as evidence of this. Outlets on the left and center compared Biden's 53% approval rating 100 days into office, comparing it to that of Trump's. Some voices from the right claim Biden's high number of executive orders is proof Biden intends to push the left's agenda and is not really after bipartisanship.