The End of the Obama and Joe Biden Era: Overturning Policies
This policy agenda outlines key areas where repealing or reshaping policies from the Obama and Biden administrations could significantly shift U.S. governance, reinforcing conservative values of limited government, economic freedom, and individual responsibility. The focus spans across healthcare, immigration, environment, labor, national defense, and other areas that define the Obama-Biden legacy.
1. Repeal and Reform of Healthcare Policies (Affordable Care Act)
- Action: Roll back the ACA’s federal mandates, prioritize state-managed healthcare, and reduce regulations for healthcare providers.
- Impact: Restores healthcare control to states, aligns with a free-market approach, and reduces federal influence on healthcare policies.
2. Withdrawal from Climate and Environmental Commitments (Paris Agreement and Clean Power Plan)
- Action: Re-exit the Paris Agreement, remove emission restrictions on domestic industries, and cancel federal sustainability orders.
- Impact: Revitalizes energy sectors like coal and oil, reduces compliance costs for businesses, and aligns with an economically focused energy policy.
3. End to Deferred Action Policies (DACA and DAPA)
- Action: Revoke DACA and DAPA initiatives, reinforce border security, and prioritize immigration enforcement.
- Impact: Returns immigration control to legislative channels, emphasizes legal pathways, and aligns with conservative immigration policies.
4. Reduction of Federal Labor Regulations (Overtime Rule Expansion and Minimum Wage Orders)
- Action: Repeal executive orders raising the federal contractor minimum wage and overtime thresholds.
- Impact: Supports business flexibility, lowers hiring costs, and emphasizes a merit-based wage system over federal wage mandates.
5. Revoke Diversity Mandates in Federal Hiring (Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives)
- Action: Repeal orders promoting diversity hiring requirements in federal positions.
- Impact: Emphasizes merit-based hiring, reduces federally mandated hiring practices, and aligns with a conservative focus on individual qualifications.
6. Reintroduce Domestic Energy Development and Offshore Drilling
- Action: Lift restrictions on offshore drilling, Alaskan oil production, and streamline permits for energy projects.
- Impact: Increases U.S. energy independence, promotes job growth in energy sectors, and emphasizes a national economic focus over global environmental initiatives.
7. Overhaul Education Policies (Revisit Common Core and Race to the Top)
- Action: Encourage states to establish independent education standards without federal incentives or mandates.
- Impact: Returns education control to states, promotes flexibility in curriculum, and reduces federal intervention in local schools.
8. Limit Federal Financial Oversight (Dodd-Frank Regulations)
- Action: Roll back key provisions of Dodd-Frank to reduce compliance costs and allow more flexible lending practices.
- Impact: Encourages small business growth, supports financial markets, and aligns with free-market values.
9. Rescind Police and Law Enforcement Restrictions (Restrictions on Equipment and Oversight)
- Action: Remove federal oversight on local law enforcement practices and lift restrictions on police equipment.
- Impact: Supports local law enforcement autonomy, reduces federal intervention, and promotes public safety by equipping officers effectively.
10. Reduce Federal Control over National Cybersecurity and Surveillance
- Action: Rescind cybersecurity orders expanding federal authority over infrastructure, while promoting private cybersecurity measures.
- Impact: Balances privacy with national security, reduces government reach, and protects individual freedoms.
11. Eliminate Gun Control Executive Actions
- Action: Repeal executive actions expanding background checks and restrictions on firearm sales.
- Impact: Supports Second Amendment rights, reduces federal gun regulations, and reinforces personal freedom over federal control.
12. Shift Away from Net Neutrality Regulations
- Action: Prevent the reimplementation of net neutrality, allowing internet service providers more flexibility.
- Impact: Encourages competition in the tech sector, aligns with a free-market approach, and reduces federal control over internet services.
13. Reduce Military Restrictions and Expand Rules of Engagement
- Action: Amend rules of engagement to allow more flexibility in military operations and rescind executive actions limiting drone use.
- Impact: Supports a strong national defense, enables effective military operations, and aligns with a conservative focus on security.
14. Reverse Restrictions on Domestic Surveillance Programs
- Action: Ease federal surveillance restrictions within constitutional limits to ensure national security.
- Impact: Prioritizes public safety over stringent restrictions and aligns with conservative values on national security.
15. Reintroduce Federal Protections for Business Owners Opposed to Social Mandates
- Action: Repeal orders enforcing strict anti-discrimination practices for contractors and protect business owners’ rights.
- Impact: Emphasizes business autonomy, reduces federal enforcement of social mandates, and aligns with religious and conservative values.