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In a couple months when Joe Biden becomes President Biden, it is very likely that the Senate

will be controlled by Republicans.

Which means not that many laws are going to get passed in the next couple of years.

But presidents have gotten very good at doing things without Congress.

They have spent decades learning how to get around gridlock with executive orders, rules,

regulations.

And lots of things Biden is going to be able to do without Congress.

We've heard about some of the big obvious day one things, you know, rejoin the World

Health Organization, get back into the Paris Climate Agreement.

But on top of those, there are a lot of other things that Biden can and may well do without

Congress that could have a big effect on people's economic lives.

Things we haven't heard as much about.

So those are the things we're going to talk about on today's show.

Hello and welcome to Planet Money.

I'm Kenny Malone.

And I'm Jacob Goldstein.

We called up a bunch of people who are experts in different fields, in finance, housing,

trade.

And we asked them, what are some big important things Biden can do as President without Congress?

Today on the show, bank accounts for everybody, making the most of Trump's trade war with

China, firing a formerly unfurable bureaucrat, and also the rule of the suburbs.

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