Biden, so far, has signed fewer executive orders than Trump

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : "CNN's Kaitlan Collins fact-checked Burgum during the interview, pointing out that Trump signed 220 executive orders during his four years in office, while Biden is at 139 so far in his term.
54% : But Trump had issued more orders by this time in his presidency -- with 169 from Jan. 20, 2017, to July 1, 2020, compared with Biden's 139, according to a PolitiFact analysis of data provided by the American Presidency Project, a nonprofit source for presidential documents hosted by the University of California, Santa Barbara.
50% : Biden's executive order efforts to relieve $430 billion in student loan debt were rejected by the Supreme Court in 2023.
45% : This could encourage future presidents to take more executive action than Biden or Trump has.
44% : In the CNN interview, Burgum cited Biden's order on student loan debt relief and federal Environmental Protection Agency regulations on baseload electricity as examples of the president circumnavigating the legislative and judicial branches.
43% : Although Frendries underscored that Biden's original executive order on student loan debt relief involved significantly large-dollar sums, he said that "these policy changes were litigated, undercutting any 'dictatorship' claim.
33% : Woolley pointed out that Trump had similar issues getting congressional approval for his proposed border wall.

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