{"id":2363119,"date":"2024-11-02T09:42:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-announces-day-one-executive-action\/"},"modified":"2024-11-02T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-02T13:44:13","slug":"kamala-harris-announces-day-one-executive-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-announces-day-one-executive-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Announces Day One Executive Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harris-announces-day-one-executive-action%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2363119&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris\u2063 announced her intention to issue an \u200dexecutive order \u200dto <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">eliminate unnecessary college degree \u200brequirements<\/a>\u200c for certain federal jobs if she wins \u2063the presidency \u2063in the November election. This declaration\u2064 was made during an event in Janesville, \u200cWisconsin, \u200dwhere she emphasized \u2062the need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-kevin-mccarthy-biden-puts-russian-jobs-above-american-jobs\/\" title=\"Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Biden puts Russian jobs above American jobs\">create job opportunities<\/a>\u200c for individuals without four-year degrees. Harris&#8217; approach aims to challenge the private sector \u2064to follow suit in\u200d reducing educational barriers to employment. <\/p>\n<p>Her campaign has been marked by \u2064criticism for apparent shifts in her policy positions since her 2020 candidacy. Despite this, she expressed a commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-republicans-enter-house-speaker-race-after-rep-jordan-stalls-out\/\" title=\"Additional Republicans join House Speaker race as Rep. Jordan&#039;s progress slows.\">addressing economic issues<\/a>, stating\u2062 that her first-day priorities would focus on reducing the cost of living, which encompasses housing,\u200c childcare, and food\u2062 prices. While facing challenges in \u2064differentiating her policies from President \u2063Biden&#8217;s, Harris remains focused on appealing to voters concerned about the\u200d economy, inflation, and immigration as\u200c key election issues. Recent \u2062data indicates that a significant portion of the \u2064U.S. population lacks a college degree, highlighting the \u200bpotential impact of her proposed reforms on job accessibility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Vice President Kamala Harris confirmed Friday her first potential executive order would be to eliminate college degree requirements for specific federal jobs if she is elected into office in November.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has faced backlash since becoming her party&rsquo;s presidential nominee for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/08\/29\/kamala-harris-tim-walz-first-interview-cnn-dana-bash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flip-flopping<\/a> on a handful of left-wing policies she once campaigned on prior to 2020.<\/p>\n<p>However, during an event at an IBEW local union hall in Janesville, Wisconsin, Harris was explicitly clear on her intentions to eliminate &ldquo;unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The press is always asking me, &lsquo;What are you going to do on day one?&rsquo; One of the things I&rsquo;m doing on day one &mdash; because I can do it by executive order &mdash; is I will eliminate unnecessary degree requirements for federal jobs,&rdquo; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r4e9NxRvUhc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And then I will challenge the private sector to do the same.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Harris previously outlined a goal in September to reduce degree requirements for certain federal jobs to expand opportunities for individuals without a four-year degree, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/kamala-harris-says-she-will-cut-degree-requirements-certain-federal-jobs-2024-09-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2023\/educational-attainment-data.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Data<\/a> from the U.S. Census Bureau, released in early 2023, indicates that over 62% of Americans aged 25 or older do not hold a bachelor&rsquo;s degree, with three out of five of those without degrees comprising the voter base in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The promise from the vice president comes after she previously told&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/full-transcript-president-kamala-harris-interviewed-nbc-news-yamiche-a-rcna178222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News&rsquo;<\/a>&nbsp;Yamiche Alcindor on Thursday that her first day priorities would revolve around her economic agenda, losing discussing how an &ldquo;opportunity economy&rdquo; will help Americans.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, my first priority, which will be probably the package of bills, is about bringing down the cost of living,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So it&rsquo;s about housing, it&rsquo;s about child care, it&rsquo;s about what we need to do to deal with grocery prices. So it&rsquo;s not one, it&rsquo;s a package that is with one singular purpose, bringing down the cost of living.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Harris has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/10\/27\/harris-campaign-joe-biden-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly<\/a> tried to distance herself from President Joe Biden, she continues to face challenges in explaining how her presidency would differ from his.<\/p>\n<p>Voters <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/10\/22\/kamala-harris-stumbles-nbc-news-interview-economy-plan-confronted-trump-voter-appeal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">consistently<\/a> cite the economy, inflation, and immigration as top concerns in the election.<\/p>\n<p>Yet despite widespread disapproval of Biden&rsquo;s performance, Harris recently <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2024\/10\/08\/kamala-harris-the-view-abc-joe-biden-distance-difference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told<\/a> ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;The View&rdquo; that not &ldquo;a thing&rdquo; came to mind when asked what she would change from the past five years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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