Joe Biden

==== Other domestic policy issues ====
In 2022, Biden endorsed a change to the [[Filibuster in the United States Senate|Senate filibuster]] to allow for the passing of the [[Freedom to Vote Act]] and [[John Lewis Voting Rights Act]], on both of which the Senate had failed to invoke [[cloture]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Subramanian |first=Courtney |date=January 11, 2022 |title='Let the majority prevail': Biden backs filibuster change to pass voting rights in Atlanta speech |newspaper=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/11/biden-endorses-filibuster-change-voting-rights/9165060002/ |url-status=live |accessdate=April 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220114062405/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/01/11/biden-endorses-filibuster-change-voting-rights/9165060002/ |archive-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref> The rules change failed when two Democratic senators, [[Joe Manchin]] and [[Kyrsten Sinema]], joined Senate Republicans in opposing it.<ref name=":5">{{cite news |last1=Foran |first1=Clare |last2=Zaslav |first2=Ali |last3=Barrett |first3=Ted |date=January 19, 2022 |title=Senate Democrats suffer defeat on voting rights after vote to change rules fails |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/senate-voting-legislation-filibuster/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=February 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409161903/https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/19/politics/senate-voting-legislation-filibuster/index.html |archive-date=April 9, 2022}}</ref> In April 2022, Biden signed into law the bipartisan [[Postal Service Reform Act of 2022]] to revamp the finances and operations of the [[United States Postal Service]] agency.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fossum |first1=Sam |last2=Vasquez |first2=Maegan |date=April 6, 2022 |title=Biden signs US Postal Service reform bill into law |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/06/politics/biden-postal-service-reform-law-signing/index.html |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>

On July 28, 2022, the Biden administration announced it would fill four wide gaps on the [[Mexico–United States border]] in [[Arizona]] near [[Yuma, Arizona|Yuma]], an area with some of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings. During his presidential campaign, Biden had pledged to cease all future [[Trump wall|border wall construction]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Snow |first=Anita |date=July 28, 2022 |title=US to fill border wall gaps at open area near Yuma, Arizona |url=https://apnews.com/article/mexico-arizona-colorado-river-dams-yuma-705ac42dca8af0288514e9dd723d392c |access-date=August 4, 2022 |work=Associated Press News}}</ref> This occurred after both allies and critics of Biden criticized his administration's management of the southern border.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Alvarez |first1=Priscilla |last2=Sullivan |first2=Kate |date=July 29, 2022 |title=Biden administration to close border wall gaps in Arizona |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/29/politics/biden-border-wall-gaps-arizona/index.html |access-date=August 20, 2022 |agency=CNN}}</ref>

[[File:P20220727AS-0409-1 (52386660528).jpg|thumb|left|Biden and senior advisers watch the Senate pass the [[CHIPS and Science Act]] on July 27, 2022.|alt=Photo of Biden and staffers, seated, looking at a television]]

In the summer of 2022, several other pieces of legislation Biden supported passed Congress. The [[Bipartisan Safer Communities Act]] aimed to address gun reform issues following the [[Robb Elementary School shooting]] in [[Uvalde, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news |date=June 23, 2022 |title=Statement of Administration Policy |agency=White House |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Bipartisan-Safer-Communities-Act-SAP-1.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> The act's gun control provisions include extended [[background check]]s for gun purchasers under 21, clarification of [[Federal Firearms License]] requirements, funding for state [[red flag law]]s and other [[crisis intervention]] programs, further criminalization of [[arms trafficking]] and [[straw purchase]]s, and partial closure of the [[boyfriend loophole]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bipartisan Safer Communities Act Section-By-Section |work=[[Politico]] |url=https://www.politico.com/https:/static.politico.com/5a/aa/dd11b34e4b9fa05d8abdb2b6246d/bipartisan-safer-communities-act-section-by-section.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=DeBonis |first1=Mike |last2=Caldwell |first2=Leigh Ann |date=June 21, 2022 |title=Senate votes to advance bipartisan gun deal, breaking 30-year logjam |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/21/senate-gun-deal/ |access-date=June 22, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Foran |first1=Clare |last2=Wilson |first2=Kristin |last3=Grayer |first3=Annie |date=June 25, 2022 |title=Biden will sign first major federal gun safety legislation in decades on Saturday, White House says |agency=[[CNN]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/24/politics/house-vote-bipartisan-safer-communities-act/index.html |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> Biden signed the bill on June 25, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weissert |first=Will |date=June 25, 2022 |title=Biden signs landmark gun measure, says 'lives will be saved' |work=[[Associated Press News]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-signs-gun-violence-bill-c21249287f976c2c164d8753205c2e6d |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref>

The [[Honoring our PACT Act of 2022]] was introduced in 2021 and signed into law by Biden on August 10, 2022.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shabad |first1=Rebecca |last2=Egan |first2=Lauren |date=August 10, 2022 |title=Biden signs bill to expand benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits |publisher=CNBC |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/10/biden-signs-bill-to-expand-benefits-for-veterans-exposed-to-toxic-burn-pits.html |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> The act intends to significantly improve healthcare access and funding for veterans who were exposed to toxic substances, including [[burn pits]], during military service.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dean |first1=Jessica |last2=Zaslav |first2=Ali |date=August 3, 2022 |title=Senate passes long-sought bill to help veterans affected by burn pits |work=CNN |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/02/politics/senate-vote-burn-pits/index.html |access-date=August 17, 2022}}</ref> 

On October 6, 2022, Biden pardoned all Americans convicted of "small" amounts of [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]] possession under federal law.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last1=Daniels |first1=Eugene |last2=Fertig |first2=Natalie |date=October 6, 2022 |title=Biden pardons marijuana offenses, calls for review of federal law |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/06/biden-to-pardon-marijuana-offenses-call-for-review-of-federal-law-00060796 |access-date=October 8, 2022 |magazine=[[Politico]]}}</ref> On December 22, 2023, he pardoned Americans of cannabis use or possession on federal lands regardless of whether they had been charged or prosecuted.<ref>{{cite web |last=Shivaram |first=Deepa | url=https://www.npr.org/2023/12/22/1221230390/biden-pardons-clemency-marijuana-drug-offenses | title=Biden expands pardons for marijuana possession and grants clemency to 11 | website=[[NPR]] | date=December 22, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Zeke | url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-marijuana-pardons-clemency-02abde991a05ff7dfa29bfc3c74e9d64 | title=Biden pardons thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington | website=[[Associated Press]] | date=December 22, 2023 }}</ref> Two months after his first round of pardons, he signed the [[Respect for Marriage Act]], which repealed the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] and requires the federal government to recognize the validity of [[Same-sex marriage in the United States|same-sex]] and [[Interracial marriage in the United States|interracial]] marriages.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shear |first=Michael D. |date=December 13, 2022 |title=Biden Signs Bill to Protect Same-Sex Marriage Rights |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/us/politics/biden-same-sex-marriage-bill.html |access-date=December 14, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>