Biden's First 100 Days: Here's What To Expect
President-elect Joe Biden will take office in January with a lot of promises to keep. He has pledged to swiftly enact new policies that veer the U.S. off President Trump's current path.
Biden ran a heavily policy-focused campaign, releasing dozens of lengthy and ambitious plans ranging from large-scale economic and environmental initiatives to broad actions on racial justice, education and health care. A significant amount of Biden's agenda also centers on reversing or updating positions taken by the Trump administration, especially on immigration and foreign policy. Biden also heads into office with strategies to address the COVID-19 crisis and the search for a vaccine.
The sheer volume of Biden's plans could make it a challenge to execute them all. On immigration alone, he has proposed more than a dozen initiatives to complete within 100 days of taking office, a feat that could prove difficult to execute.
As the president-elect sorts through which priorities to push first, he'll need to consider that he is likely to face a divided Congress. Control of the Senate is still up in the air, with , but Republicans are poised to maintain control. Democrats also have a slimmer majority
