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Presidential transition of Joe Biden
FormationNovember 7, 2020
PurposePresidential transition
Headquarters1401 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Co-Chairs
Anita Dunn (since September 5, 2020)
Ted Kaufman (since June 20, 2020)
Michelle Lujan Grisham (since September 5, 2020)
Cedric Richmond (since September 5, 2020)
Jeffrey Zients (since September 5, 2020)
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Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
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The presidential transition of Joe Biden is the ongoing transition to the presidency of Joe Biden, the president-elect of the United States. He became the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party for president in April 2020, and formally accepted the nomination the following August. Biden's transition team, led by Ted Kaufman, had already been announced on June 20. Further co-chairs joined the team alongside Kaufman in September.

The 2020 presidential election took place on November 3. Late that evening, incumbent president Donald Trump declared victory based on his initial lead in tabulated in-person votes, a claim which was widely anticipated and quickly discredited. He also demanded all further tabulation of uncounted in-person and mail ballots cease, a demand also ignored. Trump also alleged widespread fraud, corruption and other misconduct, without providing any evidence and which have been almost universally denied. Trump commenced multiple lawsuits in multiple states seeking a halt to counting, rejection of votes, preventing certification of results, besides other remedies, all of which have been dismissed as of November 16.[1] On November 13, for the first time and without any evidence, Trump claimed that 2.7 million votes were "deleted" by the digital voting system used in some states, and said votes were switched from him to Joe Biden.[2][3][4]

After three and a half days of vote counting, on November 7, at approximately 11:30 a.m. EST, the Associated Press, along with major TV networks including CNN, ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and Fox News, called the race for Joe Biden. Since then, most sources have described him as the president-elect. Nonetheless, GSA administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, waited until November 23 to issue the "ascertainment" letter declaring Biden the "apparent winner"[5][6] on the basis that Trump still disputed the election result. The declaration marked the official start of the transition, and withholding it from the Biden team had denied them $6.3 million, office space, government website status, and access to agencies.[7][8] Separately, Biden was denied daily classified national security briefings[9][10][11] until the Trump administration approved Biden's receiving such briefings as of November 24.[12]

The Electoral College met on December 14, 2020, and formally elected the president and vice president. The results will then be certified by a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021. Biden's transition will end when he is inaugurated at 12:00 p.m. EST on January 20, 2021, at which point his presidency will begin.

Background issues

Emily Murphy's refusal to initiate the transition

Main articles: Emily W. Murphy § 2020 presidential transition, and Attempt to dispute the apparent results of the 2020 United States Presidential Election
Further information: Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election, Stop the Steal, and Republican reactions to Donald Trump's claims of 2020 election fraud
Administrator of General Services Emily Murphy had refused to initiate the transition.

After Joe Biden became generally acknowledged on November 7, 2020, as president-elect in the November 2020 election,[13][14][15][16] General Services Administration head Emily Murphy refused to initiate the transition to the President-elect, thereby denying funds and office space to his team.[7][17]

Murphy refused to sign a letter (the "ascertainment" determination) allowing Biden's transition team to formally begin work to facilitate an orderly transition of power. By refusing to allow the Biden administration transition to proceed, she prevented the incoming administration from obtaining office space, performing background checks on prospective Cabinet nominees, and accessing classified information which might be needed to respond to emergencies that the administration confronts when in office. Murphy's withholding of the letter also blocked President-elect Biden's transition team from accessing several million dollars in federal transition funds for salaries and other costs, establishing government email addresses, and working with the Office of Government Ethics on required financial disclosure and conflict-of-interest forms for incoming nominees. Amid public speculation that her refusal might jeopardize national security and public health, Murphy began a job search for herself, inquiring about employment opportunities in 2021.[18][19][20][21]

Reactions

On November 8, the nonpartisan Center for Presidential Transition issued a statement saying "We urge the Trump administration to immediately begin the post-election transition process and the Biden team to take full advantage of the resources available under the Presidential Transition Act."[22][23] The letter was signed by several experts in presidential transitions: Joshua Bolten, President George W. Bush's former chief of staff; Mike Leavitt, former governor of Utah and Bush's Secretary of Health and Human Services; Mack McLarty, Bill Clinton's former chief of staff; and Penny Pritzker, Barack Obama's Secretary of Commerce.[23]

Andy Card, the first White House chief of staff under George W. Bush, expressed concern about the delay, noting that "the 9/11 Commission had said if there had been a longer transition [in 2000] and there had been cooperation, there might have been a better response, or maybe not even any attack".[24] Four former Secretaries of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, Michael Chertoff, Janet Napolitano, and Jeh Johnson, called upon Murphy to initiate the transition, writing in a joint statement: "Our country is in the middle of twin crises: a global pandemic and a severe economic downturn. The pandemic will make any transition more complicated. At this period of heightened risk for our nation, we do not have a single day to spare to begin the transition. For the good of the nation, we must start now."[25][26]

Anthony Fauci, the government's leading infectious disease expert, warned the delay was "obviously not good" from a public health perspective, while President-elect Biden argued "more people may die" as a result of the delay.[27][28]

The Trump administration's attempt to undermine the election result, including Murphy's refusal to cooperate in the transition, has been described as an attempted coup.[29][30][31][32][33]

Transition procedures

File:BidenHarris.jpg
President-elect Biden with Vice president-elect Harris
Main article: United States presidential transition

In accordance with the Pre-Election Presidential Transition Act of 2010, potential presidential transition teams are provided office space by the General Services Administration (GSA). They are also eligible for government funding for staff; spending on Mitt Romney's transition team in 2012 was $8.9 million, all funds appropriated by the U.S. government. In order for the Biden transition team to formally begin working with federal agencies, access federal transition funds, and utilize government provided office space, Biden had to be formally certified as president-elect by the administrator of the General Services Administration. After the media projected Biden to win the election, and as Trump was refusing to concede, the current GSA administrator, Trump appointee Emily W. Murphy, refused to sign a letter of authorization. She argued that she has seen no certification outside of the media that Biden has won, and was under no obligation to treat Biden as president-elect.[34][35]

Key responsibilities of a presidential transition include the identification and vetting of candidates for approximately 4,000 non-civil service positions in the U.S. government who serve at the pleasure of the president; arranging the occupancy of executive residences including the White House, One Observatory Circle, and Camp David; liaising with the United States Strategic Command for receipt of the Gold Codes; and briefing senior personnel about a new administration's policy priorities.[36]

Under existing federal law and custom, Biden became eligible to receive classified national security briefings when his nomination was formalized at the party's national convention in August 2020.

The Presidential Transition Act was amended in 2019 to require the incumbent president to establish "transition councils" by June of an election year to facilitate a possible handover of power.[37][38]

Timeline

Pre-election

Meetings between the transition team and the administration began with the formation of two councils in May 2020,[39][37] around the time the former vice president had clinched the Democratic nomination.

  • April 8, 2020: Biden becomes the presumptive nominee after Bernie Sanders withdraws.[40]
  • June 20, 2020: Initial transition team announced.[41]
  • August 2020: Biden and California Senator Kamala Harris are nominated at the Democratic Convention.
  • September 5, 2020: Full transition team is made public.[41]
  • November 1, 2020: Deadline for transition materials to be completed.[42]
  • November 3, 2020: Election Day

Post-election

Electoral votes are counted in a joint session of Congress, 2017
  • November 4: The transition website, buildbackbetter.com, goes live.[43]
  • November 7: Election is called for Biden.[44]
  • November 8: GSA Administrator Emily Murphy refuses to sign a letter declaring the official start of the transition, denying funds and office space to the Biden team.[7]
  • November 10: Transition Co-Chair Ted Kaufman announces full transition team of at least 500 people.[45]
  • November 23: Emily Murphy signs the transition letter.[46] The transition website changed its web address from buildbackbetter.com to buildbackbetter.gov
  • December 9: Election results in every state and D.C. are certified.
  • December 11: Supreme Court rejects Texas v. Pennsylvania challenge, mooting all others.
  • December 14: The Electoral College formally elects Biden as president and Harris as vice president.
  • January 6, 2021: Congress counts Electoral College votes
  • January 20, 2021: Inauguration Day

Transition activities

Establishment of the transition team

Biden began to appoint transition staff in May 2020, chaired by former Delaware Senator Ted Kaufman.[47] Further staff were announced in September. The campaign has an estimated budget of $7–10 million and plans to have a staff of 300 people by early December 2020. Several working groups were set up in late September and early October.[48] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, much of the work was done over Zoom.[49]

Biden launched his transition website at approximately 6:30 p.m. EST on November 4, a day after Election Day and before the final election results were in.[50]

Harris Senate transition

Harris will resign her Senate seat on or before January 20, 2021. California Governor Gavin Newsom will then appoint a new senator to fill the vacancy.[51]

Litigation

Main article: Post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election
See also: Disputes surrounding the 2020 United States Presidential Election and Texas v. Pennsylvania

The refusal of the administration to admit there's a transition at all has caused problems. The Trump campaign has inspired or instigated dozens of lawsuits that have forced the campaign/transition to spend millions on litigation.[52]

COVID-19 Advisory Board

Main article: COVID-19 Advisory Board

Before naming any White House staff or cabinet appointments, Biden announced that he will appoint a COVID-19 task force, co-chaired by former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler and Yale University epidemiologist Professor Marcella Nunez-Smith, to replace the previous White House Coronavirus Task Force.[53][54] Biden pledged a larger federal government response to the pandemic than Donald Trump, akin to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal following the Great Depression. This would include increased testing for the COVID virus, a steady supply of personal protective equipment, distributing a vaccine and securing money from Congress for schools and hospitals under the aegis of a national "supply chain commander" who would coordinate the logistics of manufacturing and distributing protective gear and test kits. This would be distributed by a "Pandemic Testing Board", also similar to Roosevelt's War Production Board. Biden also pledged to invoke the Defense Production Act more aggressively than Trump in order to build up supplies, as well as the mobilization of up to 100,000 Americans for a "public health jobs corps" of contact tracers to help track and prevent outbreaks.[55] "Other members are Dr. Luciana Borio, Rick Bright, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Dr. Atul Gawande, Dr. Celine Gounder, Dr. Julie Morita, Michael Osterholm, Loyce Pace, Dr. Robert Rodriguez and Dr. Eric Goosby."[56] Anthony Fauci confirmed on November 25 that he expected to begin working with the Biden transition team soon.[57]

Cabinet and White House appointments

Main article: Cabinet of Joe Biden
File:Joe Biden speaking about John Kerry joining National Security Council.ogg
Joe Biden speaking about John Kerry's role in the administration on November 25, 2020.

On November 11, Biden announced his choice of Ron Klain, formerly his chief of staff during his vice presidency, to serve as White House chief of staff.[58] On November 17, Mike Donilon was named Senior Advisor to the President, Jen O'Malley Dillon was named deputy chief of staff, Steve Ricchetti was named Counselor to the President, Cedric Richmond was named Senior Advisor to the President of the United States and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, and Dana Remus was named Counsel to the President.[59] Annie Tomasini was named the Oval Office Operations Director.[60] On November 20, 2020, Biden named Louisa Terrell director of the Office of Legislative Affairs, Carlos Elizondo White House Social Secretary, Catherine M. Russell director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, and Mala Adiga policy director to the First Lady.[61]

On November 22, 2020, Bloomberg News and the New York Times reported that Biden had selected Tony Blinken as his nominee for Secretary of State.[62][63] The next day, Biden announced that he would nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to be Secretary of Homeland Security, Avril Haines to be the Director of National Intelligence, and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Jake Sullivan to be National Security Advisor, and John Kerry as special presidential envoy on climate.[64] It was also reported that Biden will nominate former Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen to be Treasury Secretary.[65]

Other notable appointments

On December 16 2020, Biden nominated Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana to serve as his Secretary of Transportation. If confirmed, Buttigieg would be the first openly gay person to serve in the US cabinet.[66]

Department of Defense

After the presidential election in 2020, then President-elect Joe Biden's team reached out to people who worked for former Secretary of Defense James Mattis about helping with the transition for the Department of Defense and possibly serving in the new administration, according to Politico, CNN and other news organizations. They continued that this was necessary in part because as of mid-November, President Trump had blocked the start of the official transition process. The incoming Biden administration was said to be aiming to build an effective, bipartisan Defense Department leadership team and therefore looked to what they called "Mattis people" to do that. One official stated, "essentially, everyone that would have been helpful has left the Pentagon by retiring or being fired."[67][68][69][70] Former Marine 4-star General and former White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly stated that a delay in the transition "could be catastrophic to our people regardless of who they voted for."[71][72] ABC News reported that Biden's team had been in contact with those who have recent experience in various federal agencies including the Department of Defense, and in most cases, the individuals were career officials and not political appointees. They specifically mention Mick Mulroy, a former senior Pentagon official and deputy for the Middle East who briefed the transition team. Mulroy described his participation in the transition process, saying, "the incoming national security team deserves to have the full support of a transition to ensure the seamless transfer of power without incurring any unnecessary risk to our nation's security. I am supporting the incoming transition team because it is the right thing to do."[73]

Planned executive orders and guidelines

President-elect Joe Biden plans on signing several executive orders after being sworn into office on January 20, 2021. His planned executive orders include:

In addition to these executive orders, President-elect Biden plans to issue a large number of executive orders on day one relating to climate change,[76] and cancel several health care policies put in place by the Trump administration including Medicaid work requirements, short-term health plans, Obamacare funding cuts, Title X abortion referral restrictions, and the Mexico City Policy, as well as reinstating Planned Parenthood funding and restoring LGBTQ regulations.[77] President-elect Biden has also stated he will urge all Americans to wear a mask for the first 100 days of his presidency in an effort to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.[78]

Biden promised to appoint more LGBTQ people to government positions.[79] On December 15, 2020, Biden selected Pete Buttigieg as his Secretary of Transportation.[80]

Transition team

Except for those noted, the transition team was announced on September 5.

Co-chairs

Advisory council

See also

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