Joe Biden's Impact on US Politics: Past, Present, and Future

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. Is a politician, lawyer and Author in American, who is the current president of America and is also regarded as the 46th president of American. He was married to Neilia Hunter who died in 1972 and then got married again to Jill Jacob in the year 1977. Biden is blessed with four children whom are Beau, Hunter, Naomi and Ashley. From the year 2009 to 2017 he served as the vice president of America where Barack Obama was the president and he also represented Delaware in the United States senate.

Biden became the president of U.S on the 20th of January 2021, he was born in the year 1942 on the 20th of November in Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S to Catherine Eugenia Biden and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. and moved at the age of ten with his family to New Castle County, Delaware, in the year 1953. At Archmere Academy in Claymont, He played baseball and was a standout halfback and wide receiver on the high school football team. He served as class president in his junior and senior years even though he was a poor student and graduated in the year 1961. He studied at University of Delaware in 1965 and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in history and political science and a minor in English before he got his law degree from Syracuse University in 1968 and was ranked 76th in his class of 85.

Biden opposed Nixon's conduct of the war when the ran for senate. While studying in the university he obtained student draft deferment which were sent to the vietnam war. He clerked at a Wilmington law firm which was headed by William Prickett. Biden disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor Charles L. Terry's conservative racial politics and Russell W. Peterson, who defeated Terry in 1968. Biden was recruited by local Republicans and registered as an Independent because of his distaste for Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon.

Biden practiced law first in the year 1969 as a public defender and then at a firm headed by a locally active Democrat who named him to the Democratic Forum. Biden subsequently reregistered as a Democrat. In 1970, Biden was elected into the New Castle County council and was later elected to the United States senate from Delaware in the year 1972 at the age of 29 and that made him the sixth-youngest senator in U.S. history. Weeks after his election, tragedy struck his family when his wife Neilia and daughter Naomi were killed, and his sons Hunter and Beau were injured, in an auto accident. Biden servered for 12 years as the ranking member of thesenamte foreign relations committee. In 1987 to 1995 he chaired the Senate judiciary committee.

A Leader in the Senate and His Presidency 

As a Senator from Delaware for 36 years, He established himself as a leader in facing some of U.S. most important domestic and international challenges. As a Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 16 years, he is recognized for his work in writing and leading the Violence Against Women Act. As Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, he played an important role in forming the U.S. foreign policy. He was at the leading position of issues and legislation which were related to terrorism, weapons of destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, Southwest Asia, and ending apartheid

He ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in the year 1988 and 2008 but was not elected although he was reelected to the Senate for six times. And when he became Obama's vice president, he was considered as the fourth most senior sitting senator. In 2012 Biden was reelected into power overcoming Paul Ryan.

Biden, served as the vice president for 8 years and during these time Biden leaned on his Senate experience and represented the administration in negotiations with congressional Republicans. In 2009 Biden surveyed infrastructure spending in order to oppose the great recession. Biden was given the presidential medal of freedom with distinction which was the nation's highest civilian honor by Obama in the year 2017.

As Vice President, he continued his leadership on problems facing the nation and represented U.S.. He congregated sessions of the President's Cabinet, led interagency efforts, and worked with Congress in his fight to enhance the living standards of middle-class Americans, decrease gun violence, address violence against women, and put an end to cancer.

Biden assisted Obama to pass and surveyed the implementation of the Recovery Act which is the the largest economic recovery plan in the history of the nation and the biggest and strongest engagement to clean energy. Biden's plan haulted another Great Depression, provided and saved jobs, which led to 75 uninterrupted months of job growth. Biden did all this with less than 1% in abuse, fraud and waste and this in turn made it the most productive government program in U.S. history.

President Obama and Biden protected the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which led to the reduction in the number of uninsured Americans. He served as the point person for U.S. diplomacy throughout the Western Hemisphere, enhanced relationships with allies in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, and led the effort to bring troops home from Iraq.

During the presidential election held in the year 2020, Biden defeated Donald Trump and was the oldest president and the first to have a female vice president called Kamala Harris. He focused around suggesting, soliciting and signing into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 during his earlyl activity. He overturned Donald's administration policies, pulled out U.s. troops from Afghanistan around September 2021 in which they imploded and the Taliban took control. Biden suggested the Build Back Better Plan, aspects, which he brought into law in November 2021. In replication to the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Biden exacted international sanctions on Russia, by enabling over $1 billion in US weapons shipments to Ukraine.

First 100 Days of Biden as President

In his first two days as president, Biden signed 17 executive orders. By his third day, orders included retorting the Paris Climate Agreement, putting an end to the state of national emergency at the border with Mexico, controling the government to retort the World Health Organization, face mask requirements on federal property, measures to erradicate hunger in the United States,and aborting permits for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline . during the first two weeks in office, Biden signed more executive orders compared to any other president. On February 4, 2021, the Biden administration declared that U.S. was ending its assistance for the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen. In his visit to the State Department as president, Biden said 'this war has to end' and that the discord had created a 'humanitarian and strategic catastrophe.' On February 25, the Biden administration 'struck a site in Syria used by two Iranian-backed militia groups in response to rocket attacks on American forces.' Which is the the first distinct action by the military under Biden.

On March 11, the first anniversary of COVID-19 being regarded as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization, Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus relief package he suggested and solicited for that aimed to speed up the United States' recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19 and the recession.The package entailed direct payments to most Americans, a stretching of increased unemployment advantage, funds for vaccine allocation and school reopenings, aids for small businesses and state and local governments, and expansion of health insurance subsidies and the child tax credit. Biden's earliest suggestion included an addition of the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, but after Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough decided that involving the addition in a budget reconciliation bill would infringe Senate rules, Democrats rejected to pursue overriding her and eliminated the increase from the package.

Also in March, amid a rise in migrants entering the U.S. from Mexico, Biden told migrants, 'Don't come over.' He said that the U.S. was arranging a plan for migrants to 'apply for asylum in place', without leaving their original locations. In the meantime, migrant adults 'are being sent back', Biden said, in reference to the continuation of the Trump administration's Title 42 policy for quick deportations. Biden earlier announced that his administration would not deport unaccompanied migrant children; the rise in arrivals of such children exceeded the capacity of facilities meant to shelter them, leading the Biden administration in March to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help manage these children.

On April 14, Biden announced that the United States would lag the withdrawal of all troops from the war in Afghanistan until September 11, indicating an end to the country's direct military involvement in Afghanistan after nearly 20 years. In February 2020, the Trump administration had made a deal with the Taliban to totally withdraw U.S. forces by May 1, 2021. Biden's judgement met with a range of reactions, from aids and relief to trepidation at the possible collapse of the Afghan government without American aids. On April 22-23, Biden held an international climate summit at which he announced that the U.S. would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% - 52% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. On April 28, the eve of his 100th day in office, Biden gave his first address to a joint session of Congress, in which he emphasized the effectiveness and efficiency of COVID-19 vaccines and addressed withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the homicide of George Floyd, and the U.S. Capitol attack while coaxing Congress to pass comprehensive immigration, gun, and health care reform.

The Rest of 2021 Joe Biden's Presidency

In May 2021, during a outburst in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Biden stated his assistance for Israel, saying 'my party still supports Israel' regardless of disapproval from some Democrats. In June 2021, Biden took his first journey abroad as president. In eight days he paid a visit to Belgium, Switzerland, and . He attended a G7 summit, a NATO summit, and an EU summit, and held face-to-face talks with the Russian president Vladimir Putin.

On June 17, Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday, which was the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was made a holiday in 1986. In July 2021, amid a slowing of the COVID-19 vaccination rate in the country and the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, Biden said that the country has 'a pandemic for those who haven't gotten the vaccination' and that it was therefore 'gigantically important' for Americans to be vaccinated, promoting the vaccines' effectiveness against hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19. He also condemed prevalence of COVID-19 misrepresentation on social media, saying it was 'killing people'.In September 2021, Biden declared AUKUS, a security pact between Australia, and the United States, to ensure 'peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific over the long term'; the deal involved nuclear-powered submarines built for Australia's use.

By the end of the year 2021, 40 of Biden's appointed judges to the federal judiciary had been approved, more than any president in their first year in office. Biden has layed out diversity in his judicial appointments more than any president in the U.S. history, with the more of the appointments being women and people of color. Most of his appointments have been in blue states, which makes a limited impact since the courts in these states already customarily lean liberal.

In the first eight months, Biden's concent rating, according to Morning Consult polling, remained above 50%. In August, it declined and reduced into the low forties by December. The reduction in his approval is related to the Afghanistan withdrawal, increasing hospitalizations from the Delta variant, high inflation and gas prices, disarray within the Democratic Party, and a general reduction in popularity customary in politics.

Also, as part of Biden's Build Back Better agenda, in late March 2021, he suggested the American Jobs Plan, a $2 trillion package managing problems including mobility infrastructure, utilities infrastructure, broadband infrastructure, housing, schools, manufacturing, research and workforce development. After months of debate amongst Biden and lawmakers, in August 2021 the Senate declared a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill called the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, while the House, also in a bipartisan manner, accepted that bill in early November 2021, involving infrastructure in relationship to transport, utilities, and broadband. Biden signed the bill into law in mid-November 2021. Before and during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Biden encouraged a consensus that the U.S. and the European Union cut methane emissions by a third by 2030 and tried to include dozens of other countries to the attempt. He tried to persuade China and Australia to do more. He conducted an online Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change to encourage other countries to strengthen their climate policy. Biden promised to double climate funding to growing countries by 2024. Also at COP26, the U.S. and China made a deal on greenhouse gas emission deduction. The two countries are accountable for 40% of global emissions.

Withdrawal From Afghanistan

President Biden in a video conference with Vice President Harris and the U.S. National Security team, discussing the Fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021. American forces started withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2020, under the provisions of a February 2020 US-Taliban agreement that set a May 1, 2021, deadline. By April 2021, the State Department was encouraging American civilians in Afghanistan to leave. The Taliban started an offensive on May 1. As late as July, American intelligence assessments predicted Kabul would fall to the Taliban months or weeks after the withdrawal of American forces from Afghanistan. By early July, most American troops in Afghanistan had withdrawn. Biden addressed the withdrawal in July, saying, 'The likelihood there's going to be the Taliban overrunning everything and owning the whole country is highly unlikely.'

On August 15, the Afghan government collapsed under the Taliban offensive, and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. Biden reacted by ordering 6,000 American troops to assist in the evacuation of American personnel and Afghan allies. He faced bipartisan criticism for the manner of the withdrawal, with the evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies described as chaotic and botched, for his silence and absence during the days before the Afghan government collapsed.

On August 16, Biden addressed the 'messy' situation, taking responsibility for it, and admitting that the situation 'unfolded more quickly than we had anticipated'. He defended his decision to withdraw, saying that Americans should not be 'dying in a war that Afghan forces are not willing to fight for themselves,' and blamed his predecessor Donald Trump, the Afghan president, and Afghan security forces for the speedy collapse.

On August 22, Biden said that his administration knew that ISIS-K was a 'likely source' of threat. On August 26, a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. service members and 169 Afghans. Biden declared to the attackers that the United States 'will hunt you down and make you pay'. On August 27, an American drone strike killed two ISIS-K targets, who were 'planners and facilitators'. On August 29, another American drone strike killed 10 civilians, including seven children; the Defense Department initially claimed the strike was carried on an Islamic State suicide bomber threatening Kabul Airport, but acknowledged the mistake on September 17 and made amends.

The U.S. military left Afghanistan on August 30, with Biden saying that the clearing effort was an 'extraordinary success', by extracting over 120,000 Americans, Afghans and other allies. He conceded that between '100 to 200' Americans who wanted to depart were left in Afghanistan, regardless of his August 18 pledge to stay in Afghanistan until all Americans who wanted to depart had left. The Biden administration, juniting with governments of almost 100 countries, said that the Taliban had given 'assurances' that anybody at all 'with travel authorization from countries' would be allowed to depart from Afghanistan.

Conclusion: 2022 of Joe Biden's Presidency

In early 2022, Biden made attempts to modify his public image after begining the year with low approval ratings, but they kept falling, dipping to 40% estimated in total polls by February. In January, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, a moderate liberal nominated by Bill Clinton, declared he will be retiring from the Supreme Court. During his 2020 campaign, Biden asured to appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court if a vacancy happenedd, a vow he renewed after the declaration of Breyer's retirement. In February, Biden appointed federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. In February, after forewarning for several weeks that an attack was forthcoming, Biden led the US response to the Russian descent of Ukraine, commanding severe sanctions on Russia and enabling over $1 billion in weapons packaging to Ukraine.