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We're approaching the year and a half point of the Biden presidency. You can see my previous threads for six month and one year point here and here.
What happened since we left off? We had Vladimir Putin invading the Ukraine. Gas prices skyrocketed due to the embargo on Russian oil. Biden nominated Kentanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed by a 53-47 vote. In the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court case, 6 out of the 9 justices ruled in favor of the state of Mississippi. The ruling allowed Mississippi to ban abortion in their state after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey rulings were essentially voided, reversing the previous legal precedent that the 14th amendment gives women the right to terminate their pregnancy up until fetal viability.
So far, there has been 314 mass shootings just in 2022. The three most notable ones were in Buffalo New York, Uvalde Texas and Highland Park Illinois. On June 25th, Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The act ended the "Boyfriend Loophole", provided more money to help enforce red flag laws, added more licensing regulation for gun dealers, and increased the background system for people under the age of 21 trying to purchase a gun.
Now onto the questions. Give Biden 1 point, if you agree with the question. 0 points if you disagree.
Q1 - Do you agree with how Biden is handling the Ukraine-Russia war? He's signed legislation designed to give aid to the Ukraine, imposed economic sanctions on Russia, and signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.
Q2 - Did the Senate make the right decision on confirming Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court?
Q3 - Do you agree with Biden signing of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act? Makes lynching a federal hate crime.
Q4 - Do you agree with how Biden is handling the surge in gas prices? He's proposing to temporary suspend the federal gas tax and wrote letters to the oil refiners, encouraging them to produce more gas, not raise prices.
Q5 - Do you agree with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?
Q6 - Do you agree with Biden invoking the Defense Production Act to help solve the baby formula shortage?
Q7 - Do you support Biden's efforts to pass pro-choice federal laws? He wants make abortion legal in all 50 states (plus DC) up until fetal viability. Basically he wants to re-instate the Roe and Casey decisions through federal legislation.
Q8 - Do you agree with how Biden is handling the inflation and labor shortage crisis?
For two of the eight questions, you can give Biden 2 points rather than 1.
What happened since we left off? We had Vladimir Putin invading the Ukraine. Gas prices skyrocketed due to the embargo on Russian oil. Biden nominated Kentanji Brown Jackson to replace Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed by a 53-47 vote. In the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Supreme Court case, 6 out of the 9 justices ruled in favor of the state of Mississippi. The ruling allowed Mississippi to ban abortion in their state after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey rulings were essentially voided, reversing the previous legal precedent that the 14th amendment gives women the right to terminate their pregnancy up until fetal viability.
So far, there has been 314 mass shootings just in 2022. The three most notable ones were in Buffalo New York, Uvalde Texas and Highland Park Illinois. On June 25th, Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The act ended the "Boyfriend Loophole", provided more money to help enforce red flag laws, added more licensing regulation for gun dealers, and increased the background system for people under the age of 21 trying to purchase a gun.
Now onto the questions. Give Biden 1 point, if you agree with the question. 0 points if you disagree.
Q1 - Do you agree with how Biden is handling the Ukraine-Russia war? He's signed legislation designed to give aid to the Ukraine, imposed economic sanctions on Russia, and signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022.
Q2 - Did the Senate make the right decision on confirming Kentanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court?
Q3 - Do you agree with Biden signing of the Emmett Till Antilynching Act? Makes lynching a federal hate crime.
Q4 - Do you agree with how Biden is handling the surge in gas prices? He's proposing to temporary suspend the federal gas tax and wrote letters to the oil refiners, encouraging them to produce more gas, not raise prices.
Q5 - Do you agree with the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act?
Q6 - Do you agree with Biden invoking the Defense Production Act to help solve the baby formula shortage?
Q7 - Do you support Biden's efforts to pass pro-choice federal laws? He wants make abortion legal in all 50 states (plus DC) up until fetal viability. Basically he wants to re-instate the Roe and Casey decisions through federal legislation.
Q8 - Do you agree with how Biden is handling the inflation and labor shortage crisis?
For two of the eight questions, you can give Biden 2 points rather than 1.