Just how ‘divisive’ are Biden’s executive actions, really? Aaron Blake Replay Video UP NEXT President Biden’s pen has gotten a workout in the early days of his administration: He has signed more than three dozen executive actions in about a week’s time, more than any recent president in his first days in office. Republicans are making this an early battleground. They claim Biden is bypassing Congress, that he’s cramming through his agenda, and that these unilateral actions represent a failure to live up to his promises to unify the country. Kay C. James, the president of the conservative Heritage Foundation, said Friday that Biden is undercutting the promises of unity in his inaugural address by pursuing “a series of highly divisive executive actions.”