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Joe Biden:

Authored the Clinton crime bill & 100,000 cops on the street. (Jul 2007)

Voted NO on limiting death penalty appeals. (Apr 1996)

Voted NO on limiting product liability punitive damage awards. (Mar 1996)

More funding and stricter sentencing for hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

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Divert drug offenders out of prison system. (Jun 2007)

Created nation’s Drug Czar Office & drug courts. (Dec 2006)

Voted NO on increasing penalties for drug offenses. (Nov 1999)

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For longer school day & school year, & 16-year minimum. (Oct 2007)

Teach sex ed in schools; including prevention methods. (Aug 2007)

Voted NO on school vouchers in DC. (Sep 1997)

Voted NO on requiring schools to allow voluntary prayer. (Jul 1994)

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Voted YES on addressing CO2 emissions without considering India & China. (May 2008)

Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)

Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)

Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)

Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)

Voted NO on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)

Voted NO on defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)

Voted NO on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997)

Keep efficient air conditioner rule to conserve energy. (Mar 2004)

Establish greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)

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America should guarantee Katrina reconstruction. (Jun 2007)

Take away the billions of subsidy to the oil companies. (Jun 2007)

Voted YES on reducing funds for road-building in National Forests. (Sep 1997)

Voted YES on continuing desert protection in California. (Oct 1994)

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1990: authored the Violence Against Women Act. (Jul 2007)

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Voted NO on cap foreign aid at only $12.7 billion. (Oct 1999)

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No trade agreements without workers’ & environmental rights. (Jul 2007)

Voted YES on permanent normal trade relations with China. (Sep 2000)

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1988: led fight against nomination of Robert Bork. (Jul 2007)

Roberts & Alito have turned Supreme Court upside down. (Jul 2007)

History of racism was keeping black Americans from voting. (Jul 2007)

Voted NO on requiring photo ID to vote in federal elections. (Jul 2007)

Voted NO on require photo ID (not just signature) for voter registration. (Feb 2002)

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Keep assault weapons ban; close gun show loophole. (Apr 2007)

Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits against gun manufacturers. (Jul 2005)

Voted NO on banning lawsuits against gun manufacturers for gun violence. (Mar 2004)

Voted YES on background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)

Voted NO on loosening license & background checks at gun shows. (May 1999)

Voted NO on maintaining current law: guns sold without trigger locks. (Jul 1998)

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Help medical students find ways to finance their tuition. (Oct 2007)

Start paying for universal coverage with $100B in redundancy. (Sep 2007)

Rethink healthcare by focusing on prevention. (Sep 2007)

Start with catastrophic insurance and insuring all kids. (Aug 2007)

Voted YES on increasing tobacco restrictions. (Jun 1998)

Voted YES on blocking medical savings acounts. (Apr 1996)

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Cut $350B in military programs, from Star Wars to F-22’s. (Dec 2007)

Universal national service, in military or Peace Corps. (Dec 2007)

Talks about nations acquiring uranium are more complicated. (Oct 2007)

Commitment to never use torture; no part of our policy, ever. (Sep 2007)

Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is antiquated & unworkable. (Aug 2007)

Missile defense is perfect metaphor for neo-isolationism. (Jul 2007)

Voted YES on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)

Voted YES on favoring 36 vetoed military projects. (Oct 1997)

Voted YES on banning chemical weapons. (Apr 1997)

Restore habeas corpus for detainees in the War on Terror. (Jun 2007)

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Sanctuary cities exist because feds can’t enforce their laws. (Sep 2007)

Voted YES on continuing federal funds for declared “sanctuary cities”. (Mar 2008)

Voted NO on declaring English as the official language of the US government. (Jun 2007)

Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security. (May 2006)

Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

Voted YES on allowing more foreign workers into the US for farm work. (Jul 1998)

Voted NO on limit welfare for immigrants. (Jun 1997)

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MoveOn.org has not changed politics. (Sep 2007)

Biggest mistake was thinking he could work with George Bush. (Apr 2007)

Prevent senior fraud by educating seniors about caution. (Nov 2002)

Voted NO on Social Security Lockbox & limiting national debt. (Apr 1999)

Voted NO on allowing personal retirement accounts. (Apr 1998)

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Voted NO on raising the Death Tax exemption to $5M from $1M. (Feb 2008)

Voted NO on permanently repealing the `death tax`. (Jun 2006)

Voted NO on retaining reduced taxes on capital gains & dividends. (Feb 2006)

Voted NO on extending the tax cuts on capital gains and dividends. (Nov 2005)

Voted NO on $350 billion in tax breaks over 11 years. (May 2003)

Voted NO on across-the-board spending cut. (Oct 1999)

Voted NO on requiring super-majority for raising taxes. (Apr 1998)

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Proposed $980M for tunnel repair; others have dropped ball. (Aug 2007)

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Accept NIE conclusion that Iran stopped nukes in 2003. (Dec 2007)

Muslims don’t like us because they do not trust us. (Dec 2007)

Patraeus report is wrong strategy; draw down troops now. (Sep 2007)

Leaving Iraq will cause generation-long regional war. (Aug 2007)

1995: pushed Clinton to bomb Serbia to free Kosovo. (Jul 2007)

End neocon fantasy of remaking Iraq in our image. (Jul 2007)

We can’t just pull out; one year to remove 160,000 troops. (Jul 2007)

Start to draw down troops immediately and all out by ‘08. (Jun 2007)

In 2002 Saddam posed a threat of purchasing a nuclear bomb. (Apr 2007)

US worse off than before Saddam because US lost credibility. (Apr 2007)

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Regrets his war vote because Bush misused war authority. (Apr 2007)

Vote for war allowed war only after all else failed. (Apr 2007)

Vote for Iraq War was mistake; assumed Bush competence. (Feb 2007)

Voted for Iraq war in 2002, but now a war critic. (Nov 2006)

Voted NO on designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as terrorists. (Sep 2007)

Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq by March 2008. (Mar 2007)

Condemns anti-Muslim bigotry in name of anti-terrorism. (Oct 2001)

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No faith-based initiative; it ain’t broke, so don’t fix it. (Oct 2007)

Fully fund AmeriCorps. (Jun 2003)

Develop a strategy to eliminate extreme global poverty. (Dec 2007)

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Joe Biden is a Populist-Leaning Liberal.