President Joe Biden has proposed a range of new policies in the last few weeks. Facing a spate of mass shootings but dim prospects for any gun measures in Congress, the president will visit the California city where a gunman killed eight people. President Biden will propose a 5.2 percent raise for federal employees, the largest increase the White House has put forward since Jimmy Carter was in office. He will also unveil the first phase of an ambitious three-nation nuclear submarine deal next to the leaders of the United States, United Kingdom, and France.
The president has also taken steps to address both crime and immigration. In response to the recent mass shootings, President Biden has proposed a number of gun control measures, though it is unclear if these will pass Congress. In addition, the president has inflamed fellow Democrats by taking action on immigration, introducing a number of policies that some argue are too lenient.
On the domestic front, President Biden has proposed a number of policies aimed at strengthening the nation's economy. He has proposed making the Medicare trust fund solvent beyond 2050, and has expressed his support for a Republican resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws. This has been met with criticism from some Democrats, including Eleanor Holmes Norton, the delegate to Congress from Washington, D.C.