Since withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race, Biden has issued only two executive orders, falling short of past presidents.
In their final Augusts, both Obama and Trump issued a large number of orders.
President Biden has signed two executive orders since withdrawing from the 2024 race, falling behind past presidents at this stage of an election year.
On Friday, Biden visited Ann Arbor to meet with labor union members and subsequently signed the "Good Jobs" executive order in Michigan.
"Biden announced in Ann Arbor that he signed an executive order to ensure that the largest federal construction projects in America are built with project labor agreements. He emphasized that this was a significant move."
Since his July 21 announcement, Biden had only signed one other executive order.
On July 25, Biden signed an executive order to establish an emergency board to resolve a dispute between New Jersey Transit Rail Operations and its locomotive engineers, who are represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. Biden also signed an executive order on July 17, aimed at advancing educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity through Hispanic-serving institutions.
Biden's rate of signing executive orders is lower than his predecessors at this point in their presidencies. Trump signed seven executive orders in August 2020, while Obama signed five in August 2016 during his last year in office.
Some people, including Elon Musk, have commented online about Biden's perceived lack of leadership.
On Sunday, Musk, the tech billionaire owner of X, wrote that he often forgets that Biden is still technically the leader of the country.
During a campaign rally in Wisconsin on Saturday, Trump, the current Republican presidential nominee, hinted at a new executive order.
Trump announced that he would issue an executive order prohibiting federal employees from collaborating to restrict free speech and that he would dismiss all federal bureaucrats involved in domestic censorship under the Harris administration.
On Monday, Planet Chronicle Digital contacted the White House regarding Biden's slower pace in issuing executive orders compared to Trump and Obama, but they have yet to respond.
In August 2020, Trump issued seven executive orders aimed at supporting opportunity zones and distressed communities, assisting renters and homeowners in combating the spread of COVID-19, and ensuring essential medicines, medical countermeasures, and critical inputs are made in the United States to combat public health emergencies and strengthen national security.
The Republican president's orders that month focused on addressing the threat posed by WeChat and TikTok, improving rural health and telehealth access, and aligning federal contracting and hiring practices with the interests of American workers.
In August 2016, Obama issued executive orders establishing succession plans for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of the Treasury.
In that month, the Democrat president, whom Biden had served as vice president, signed amendments to two prior executive orders from 2014, one aimed at promoting "economy and efficiency in procurement by contracting with responsible sources who comply with labor laws" and another to increase the number of members on the president's advisory council on doing business in Africa.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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