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Mike Griffith
With all the screaming that liberals are doing about Trump's executive orders, we should keep in mind that Biden's executive orders, many of which were of questionable legality, cost taxpayers over $2 trillion. Here are some of them:
Ending Medicaid Work Requirements
When: January 2021
Cost: $3 billion
Action: Implemented an executive order that empowered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to revoke state Medicaid waivers that allowed states to implement work requirements.
Reversing Trump Executive Order that Capped Economic Impact of New Federal Regulations
When: January 2021
Cost: $100 billion
Action: Reversed Trump's executive order that placed an annual cap on the total economic impact that new federal regulations could have, and that encouraged agencies to eliminate two existing federal regulations for each new one. Trump's common-sense executive order was saving taxpayers about $100 billion per year.
Thrifty Food Plan Overhaul
When: August 2021
Cost: $300 Billion
Action: Overhauls the Thrifty Food Plan—the formula that determines Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits—increasing SNAP benefits by 23 percent, breaking partisan precedent and violating the Congressional Review Act of 1996 in the process.
Government Contractor Rule
When: November 2021
Cost: $3 Billion
Action: Requires federal contractors to pay their employees $15 per hour beginning in 2022, indexed to inflation for every year thereafter, increasing the cost of federal contracts at the taxpayer's expense.
New Public Charge Rule
When: September 2022
Cost: $26 billion*
Action: Reversed President Trump's common-sense public charge rule by explicitly excluding some welfare programs from public charge determinations.
Illegal Obamacare Expansion
When: October 2022
Cost: $34 billion
Action: Rewrites a provision in the Affordable Care Act to transition over 600,000 Americans already enrolled in employer coverage onto Obamacare. The Biden Administration's rule ran afoul of the statutory text, clear Congressional intent, and the Obama Administration's interpretation of the law.
Student Loan Repayment Pause
When: November 2022 (last extension)
Cost: $165 billion
Action: Extended the COVID-19 pandemic student loan repayment pause an unwarranted six times, even after the President himself declared the "pandemic was over," despite bipartisan concerns that the pause worsens inflation.
So-Called "SAVE Plan"
When: June 2023
Cost: $260 billion
Action: Turned the originally targeted income-driven repayment (IDR) program into one massive iteration in which 91 percent of new student debt would be eligible to receive reduced payment and eventual transfer to taxpayers.
Medicaid Eligibility Rule
When: September 2023 and March 2024
Cost: $164 billion*
Action: Weakens Medicaid eligibility standards by limiting the time between eligibility reevaluations and eliminating the requirement for in-person interviews for some populations, threatening to further increase improper and fraudulent payments in the Medicaid program.
New Student Loan Bailout Scheme
When: April 2024
Cost: $132 billion
Action: Proposed four new provisions to cancel student loan debt, one of which makes "about 750,000 households making over $312,000 in average household income" eligible for loan cancellation, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis.
Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule
When: April 2024
Cost: $22 billion
Action: Established a one-size-fits-all minimum staffing requirement and standards for nursing homes which independent analysis estimates over 80 percent of nursing homes would not be able to comply with. This proposal would endanger access to care in rural and underserved areas and increase federal spending.
New Multi-Pollutant Emission Standards for Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles
When: March 2024
Cost: $224 billion
Action: Set irrationally high standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, forcing automobile manufacturers to transition 70 percent of their fleets to electric by 2030.
"Hardship" Student Loan Proposal
When: Upcoming
Cost: $350 billion
Action: The upcoming rule that would forgive student debt based on "financial hardship;" is projected to cost anywhere from $100 billion to $600 billion, according to the CRFB.
Ending Trump-era SNAP Work Requirements
When: Throughout tenure
Cost: $11 billion
Action: In December 2019, the Trump Administration attempted to address the abuse of geographic waiver loopholes, which have allowed millions of able-bodied adults to receive SNAP benefits without working, by submitting a final rule that imposed stricter standards for states to issue waivers. However, the rule was held up in the courts and never fully went into effect.
Additional Net Interest Payments
Cost: $300 billion
Details: Federal spending contributes to our national debt and thus raises the net interest payments the federal government must make on the debt.
DACA Obamacare Eligibility
When: May 2024
Cost: $7 billion
Action: Extends eligibility for taxpayer-funded Obamacare premium tax credits to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
Source: FACT CHECK ALERT: Debunking CRFB’s Analysis of Trump and Biden Impacts on the National Debt | The U.S. House Committee on the Budget - House Budget Committee
Ending Medicaid Work Requirements
When: January 2021
Cost: $3 billion
Action: Implemented an executive order that empowered the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to revoke state Medicaid waivers that allowed states to implement work requirements.
Reversing Trump Executive Order that Capped Economic Impact of New Federal Regulations
When: January 2021
Cost: $100 billion
Action: Reversed Trump's executive order that placed an annual cap on the total economic impact that new federal regulations could have, and that encouraged agencies to eliminate two existing federal regulations for each new one. Trump's common-sense executive order was saving taxpayers about $100 billion per year.
Thrifty Food Plan Overhaul
When: August 2021
Cost: $300 Billion
Action: Overhauls the Thrifty Food Plan—the formula that determines Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits—increasing SNAP benefits by 23 percent, breaking partisan precedent and violating the Congressional Review Act of 1996 in the process.
Government Contractor Rule
When: November 2021
Cost: $3 Billion
Action: Requires federal contractors to pay their employees $15 per hour beginning in 2022, indexed to inflation for every year thereafter, increasing the cost of federal contracts at the taxpayer's expense.
New Public Charge Rule
When: September 2022
Cost: $26 billion*
Action: Reversed President Trump's common-sense public charge rule by explicitly excluding some welfare programs from public charge determinations.
Illegal Obamacare Expansion
When: October 2022
Cost: $34 billion
Action: Rewrites a provision in the Affordable Care Act to transition over 600,000 Americans already enrolled in employer coverage onto Obamacare. The Biden Administration's rule ran afoul of the statutory text, clear Congressional intent, and the Obama Administration's interpretation of the law.
Student Loan Repayment Pause
When: November 2022 (last extension)
Cost: $165 billion
Action: Extended the COVID-19 pandemic student loan repayment pause an unwarranted six times, even after the President himself declared the "pandemic was over," despite bipartisan concerns that the pause worsens inflation.
So-Called "SAVE Plan"
When: June 2023
Cost: $260 billion
Action: Turned the originally targeted income-driven repayment (IDR) program into one massive iteration in which 91 percent of new student debt would be eligible to receive reduced payment and eventual transfer to taxpayers.
Medicaid Eligibility Rule
When: September 2023 and March 2024
Cost: $164 billion*
Action: Weakens Medicaid eligibility standards by limiting the time between eligibility reevaluations and eliminating the requirement for in-person interviews for some populations, threatening to further increase improper and fraudulent payments in the Medicaid program.
New Student Loan Bailout Scheme
When: April 2024
Cost: $132 billion
Action: Proposed four new provisions to cancel student loan debt, one of which makes "about 750,000 households making over $312,000 in average household income" eligible for loan cancellation, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model analysis.
Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule
When: April 2024
Cost: $22 billion
Action: Established a one-size-fits-all minimum staffing requirement and standards for nursing homes which independent analysis estimates over 80 percent of nursing homes would not be able to comply with. This proposal would endanger access to care in rural and underserved areas and increase federal spending.
New Multi-Pollutant Emission Standards for Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles
When: March 2024
Cost: $224 billion
Action: Set irrationally high standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, forcing automobile manufacturers to transition 70 percent of their fleets to electric by 2030.
"Hardship" Student Loan Proposal
When: Upcoming
Cost: $350 billion
Action: The upcoming rule that would forgive student debt based on "financial hardship;" is projected to cost anywhere from $100 billion to $600 billion, according to the CRFB.
Ending Trump-era SNAP Work Requirements
When: Throughout tenure
Cost: $11 billion
Action: In December 2019, the Trump Administration attempted to address the abuse of geographic waiver loopholes, which have allowed millions of able-bodied adults to receive SNAP benefits without working, by submitting a final rule that imposed stricter standards for states to issue waivers. However, the rule was held up in the courts and never fully went into effect.
Additional Net Interest Payments
Cost: $300 billion
Details: Federal spending contributes to our national debt and thus raises the net interest payments the federal government must make on the debt.
DACA Obamacare Eligibility
When: May 2024
Cost: $7 billion
Action: Extends eligibility for taxpayer-funded Obamacare premium tax credits to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients.
Source: FACT CHECK ALERT: Debunking CRFB’s Analysis of Trump and Biden Impacts on the National Debt | The U.S. House Committee on the Budget - House Budget Committee
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