In his four years in office, President Biden managed to get significant legislation passed, but also faced strong headwinds from both his own party and Republican opposition. This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith. The podcast is produced by Kelli Wessinger, and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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I'm Sarah McCammon.
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I'm Asma Khalid.
I cover the White House.
And I'm Tamara Keith.
I also cover the White House.
Today we are looking back at Joe Biden's domestic policy record during his term as president.
He is leaving the presidency at a time when many Americans are unhappy with the direction of the country.
But Biden had some big legislative wins, even though it wasn't always smooth sailing.
Tam the first major piece of legislation that Biden signed as president dealt with the ongoing COVID pandemic.
The second, this was, of course, back in 2021, when we were still very much in the thick of the pandemic when he took office.
It was called the American Rescue Plan act, and it was an economic stimulus package for individuals and businesses.
But it was very divisive.
Tim, remind us why.
Well, it was a big spending package and Republicans united against it.
And so right out of the box, President Biden and Democrats were going it alone on this.