WASHINGTON—President Biden, who has at times expressed reluctance to take executive action to break congressional gridlock, is under increasing pressure from Democratic lawmakers and activists to use a broader authority that some in the party have been skeptical of in past: extraordinary powers.
The president is facing calls to declare a public health emergency to expand access to abortion after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. He is also being forced to use a national emergency declaration and other emergency powers to address climate-related priorities after they were stripped from the Democratic budget bill over opposition from Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W. Virginia).
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