heres a long list of 11 things she has helped secure with Biden
Immigration
In response to immigration concerns, Harris’ call to action was the public-private partnership Central America Forward (CAF). The idea behind CAF is to support the creation of local jobs and other measures in order to slow the flow of mass migration.
Voting rights
Harris was at the forefront of the administration’s pursuit to enshrine voting rights protection throughout the U.S. according to White House transcripts. She pushed for Congress to pass the John R Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would’ve extended the protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and required federal approval for some local election law changes.
In March of 2024, Kamala Harris traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota, and became the first president or vice president in US history to visit a Planned Parenthood site, according to USA Today.
She broke the record for casting the highest number of tie-breaking Senate votes of any vice president in history.
Her tie-breaking votes allowed the Biden-Harris administration's American Rescue Plan (which provided $1.9 trillion in economic aid during COVID), the Inflation Reduction Act (considered the "largest investment in reducing carbon pollution in US history"), and multiple federal judicial nominations to pass.
The Biden-Harris administration's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, signed into law in June 2022, has given $300 million to STOP School Violence Act grants, which educate K–12 students and teachers on how to recognize warning signs and respond quickly to violence in schools.
2. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act also allows enhanced background checks for gun purchasers under 21.
3. Executive action has been taken by the administration to stop unlicensed gun dealers from selling firearms.
She's advocated for research and funding to address maternal mortality for women of color.
The Biden-Harris administration's 2021 Build Back Better Act is known as "the largest investment in American history to eliminate preventable maternal mortality, end racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes, and advance birth equity across the country." This initiative includes:
1. $50 million to advance maternal health research at HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, Hispanic-serving Institutions, and AAPISIs;
2. $50 million has also been provided for bias training for healthcare professionals;
3. And, $295 million has been provided to increase the number of perinatal workers, such as doulas and midwives.
You can read the full White House Blueprint for combatting the maternal mortality crisis here.
She led the Central America Forward initiative.
Harris's Central America Forward initiative has given $5 billion to support job creation and combat violence in Central America. It has also started development programs to train young workers to fill these new jobs.
According to NPR, illegal crossings at the southern border have decreased to the levels they were under Biden in 2021.
She helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday.As a US Senator, Kamala Harris cosponsored a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, and on June 17, 2021, the Biden-Harris administration officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
The Biden-Harris administration also declared June 19th the First National Day of Action on Voting Rights, implemented to increase and promote voter registration.
7. She helped coordinate a prisoner exchange to bring Olympian and WNBA star Brittney Griner home after being wrongfully detained.
8. She invested $2 billion into mental healthcare in public schools. This funding came from the Biden-Harris administration's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed in 2022, intended to deal with the lasting trauma of gun violence for students.
9. She represented the US at the United Nations Climate Summit, advocating for climate change actions worldwide.In 2023, at the United Nations Climate Change conference, (COP28 Climate Summit), Kamala Harris represented the US and announced a "$3 billion contribution to a climate aid fund for developing countries," "launched the U.S.-Caribbean partnership to address the climate crisis," and "worked with the private sector (that ultimately pledged $7 billion in new commitments) to promote climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation across Africa."
10. She's led the charge on ensuring equal voting rights. In February of 2024, VP Harris convened her second meeting with voting rights advocates to communicate the Biden-Harris administration's new efforts to ensure the right to vote, increase voter participation, and fight voter suppression.
These efforts include:
1. Social Security offices displaying signs with the US voting registration website Vote.gov;
2. The Department of Health and Human Services, including voter registration steps in emails related to healthcare;
3. And, allowing federal work-study programs to pay students to work as nonpartisan poll workers, increasing the number of poll workers during elections, which will make voting easier. You can read more here.
And most recently...
11. She helped negotiate the release of three Americans wrongfully detained in Russia. On Aug. 1, 2024, it was announced that the Biden-Harris administration had secured the release of three Americans from Russia, including "Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan, and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva" in a 24-person prison swap.
Immigration
In response to immigration concerns, Harris’ call to action was the public-private partnership Central America Forward (CAF). The idea behind CAF is to support the creation of local jobs and other measures in order to slow the flow of mass migration.
Voting rights
Harris was at the forefront of the administration’s pursuit to enshrine voting rights protection throughout the U.S. according to White House transcripts. She pushed for Congress to pass the John R Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would’ve extended the protections of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and required federal approval for some local election law changes.
In March of 2024, Kamala Harris traveled to St. Paul, Minnesota, and became the first president or vice president in US history to visit a Planned Parenthood site, according to USA Today.
She broke the record for casting the highest number of tie-breaking Senate votes of any vice president in history.
Her tie-breaking votes allowed the Biden-Harris administration's American Rescue Plan (which provided $1.9 trillion in economic aid during COVID), the Inflation Reduction Act (considered the "largest investment in reducing carbon pollution in US history"), and multiple federal judicial nominations to pass.
The Biden-Harris administration's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, signed into law in June 2022, has given $300 million to STOP School Violence Act grants, which educate K–12 students and teachers on how to recognize warning signs and respond quickly to violence in schools.
2. The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act also allows enhanced background checks for gun purchasers under 21.
3. Executive action has been taken by the administration to stop unlicensed gun dealers from selling firearms.
She's advocated for research and funding to address maternal mortality for women of color.
The Biden-Harris administration's 2021 Build Back Better Act is known as "the largest investment in American history to eliminate preventable maternal mortality, end racial and ethnic disparities in outcomes, and advance birth equity across the country." This initiative includes:
1. $50 million to advance maternal health research at HBCUs, Tribal Colleges, Hispanic-serving Institutions, and AAPISIs;
2. $50 million has also been provided for bias training for healthcare professionals;
3. And, $295 million has been provided to increase the number of perinatal workers, such as doulas and midwives.
You can read the full White House Blueprint for combatting the maternal mortality crisis here.
She led the Central America Forward initiative.
Harris's Central America Forward initiative has given $5 billion to support job creation and combat violence in Central America. It has also started development programs to train young workers to fill these new jobs.
According to NPR, illegal crossings at the southern border have decreased to the levels they were under Biden in 2021.
She helped make Juneteenth a federal holiday.As a US Senator, Kamala Harris cosponsored a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, and on June 17, 2021, the Biden-Harris administration officially made Juneteenth a federal holiday.
The Biden-Harris administration also declared June 19th the First National Day of Action on Voting Rights, implemented to increase and promote voter registration.
7. She helped coordinate a prisoner exchange to bring Olympian and WNBA star Brittney Griner home after being wrongfully detained.
8. She invested $2 billion into mental healthcare in public schools. This funding came from the Biden-Harris administration's Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, passed in 2022, intended to deal with the lasting trauma of gun violence for students.
9. She represented the US at the United Nations Climate Summit, advocating for climate change actions worldwide.In 2023, at the United Nations Climate Change conference, (COP28 Climate Summit), Kamala Harris represented the US and announced a "$3 billion contribution to a climate aid fund for developing countries," "launched the U.S.-Caribbean partnership to address the climate crisis," and "worked with the private sector (that ultimately pledged $7 billion in new commitments) to promote climate resilience, adaptation and mitigation across Africa."
10. She's led the charge on ensuring equal voting rights. In February of 2024, VP Harris convened her second meeting with voting rights advocates to communicate the Biden-Harris administration's new efforts to ensure the right to vote, increase voter participation, and fight voter suppression.
These efforts include:
1. Social Security offices displaying signs with the US voting registration website Vote.gov;
2. The Department of Health and Human Services, including voter registration steps in emails related to healthcare;
3. And, allowing federal work-study programs to pay students to work as nonpartisan poll workers, increasing the number of poll workers during elections, which will make voting easier. You can read more here.
And most recently...
11. She helped negotiate the release of three Americans wrongfully detained in Russia. On Aug. 1, 2024, it was announced that the Biden-Harris administration had secured the release of three Americans from Russia, including "Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan, and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva" in a 24-person prison swap.
