Words: Biden opposes public funding for abortion, but maintains a right-to-privacy stance on abortion itself. He supports Roe v. Wade, but opposes late term abortion on moral grounds. “I’m a practicing Catholic, and it is the biggest dilemma for me (more…)

Words: Biden supports affirmative action. “We should remind everybody that the day before a black child, a minority child, steps into the classroom, half the achievement gap already exists. The moment they walk into that school, they are already behind.” (more…)

Words: Biden supports taking burdens off of corporations to prevent outsourcing. He feels health care and energy costs as two major threats to the prosperity of American businesses, and believes that addressing these issues will improve American economic competitiveness (more…)

Words: Biden believes in addressing violent crime through more law enforcement and endorses the COPS program. He sponsored the Sexual Offender Tracking and Identification Act to create a national registry of sex offenders. He supports the death penalty. (more…)

Words: Biden opposes stricter drug laws and advocates moving drug offenders out of the prison system. He also believes in light penalties for “soft drugs” like marijuana.
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Words: Biden believes that better paid teachers lead to better educational results and that pay rates should be performance-based. He also feels that the racial achievement gap can be overcome with early education. He supports teaching age-appropriate sex education (more…)

Words: Biden advocates a variety of conservation measures including mandatory flex-fuel automobiles and efficient air conditioning standards. He opposes drilling in ANWR and supports funding for exploring new energy sources including biodiesel fuels. (more…)

Words: Biden has campaigned for paid family medical leave and supports funding for the Boys and Girls Clubs in underprivileged areas.

Actions: Biden is married with three children. (more…)

Words: Biden is concerned about reducing our debt to China. He feels that North Korea and Iran are major threats to the US and that Pakistan is potentially the most dangerous country in the world. He also supports intervention in Darfur. (more…)

Words: Biden generally supports gun control and feels that we should not have let the assault weapons ban lapse. He also supports closing the “gun show loop-hole”.
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Words: Biden supports federal funding and has stated that he will develop a plan for full health care access within six months of taking office, starting with catastrophic insurance and full coverage for children. He advocates cutting costs overall and lowering costs for employers. (more…)

Words: Biden feels it is impractical to deport 14 million illegal aliens. He supports a Border Patrol and a border fence, but primarily to curb drug traffic. He also supports “guest worker” visas, feels illegal immigrants should participate in Social Security (more…)

Words: Biden has voted for increases in the federal minimum wage. He supports unionization and feels all current job safety recommendations should be implemented. He also advocates protecting overtime payments.
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Biden supports same-sex marriage and feels it is inevitable. He also supports including sexual orientation in hate crime legislation. “I don’t think the government can dictate the definition of marriage to religious institutions (more…)

Words: Biden supported the PATRIOT Act and the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations, but opposes warrantless wiretapping and the suspension of habeas corpus. He voted in favor of invading both Afghanistan and Iraq, but has since said his support for the latter was a mistake (more…)

Words: Biden is opposed to no-bid contracts and a strong supporter of campaign finance reform, advocating a ban on contributions from corporations and unions and eliminating “soft money”. He also opposes warrantless wiretapping and the suspension of habeas corpus (more…)

Words: Biden is opposed to the privatization of social security. He feels that senior fraud can be prevented through education.

Actions: Biden voted FOR deducting Social Security payments (more…)

Words: Biden supports federal funding for stem cell research: “Embryonic stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand deadly and disabling diseases and conditions that affect more than 100 million Americans.” (more…)

Words: Biden opposes the Bush administration’s tax cuts and advocates eliminating the cuts for the top 1% to fund a Homeland Security and Public Safety Trust Fund.
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Words: Biden opposes large media conglomerates and favors telecom deregulation. He has also proposed substantial funding for tunnel repair.

Actions: Biden voted FOR telecom deregulation (1996) (more…)

Words: Biden believes we should begin a slow withdrawal of troops from Iraq but warns that abandoning the current government will lead to chaos. He also feels that the partition of Iraq is inevitable. He advocates replacing the preemption doctrine with a prevention policy. (more…)

Words: Biden supports a balanced budget amendment. He believes we should invest in new programs by ending the war in Iraq and eliminating the Bush administration tax cuts. He also feels there should be more transparency for hedge funds and private equity funds. He feels the Federal Reserve (more…)

Words: Biden generally supports preservation, conservation, and regulation. He feels that the oil industry should be investigated and their subsidies should be eliminated and that there should be a mandate for better gas mileage for automobiles. (more…)

Words: Biden generally supports free trade, but has criticized bilateral and regional agreements on opening markets. He feels we should embrace free trade without compromising on our standard of living.
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Words: Biden supports welfare reform and advocates fully funding AmeriCorps. “We’re no longer certain our kids will be better off than us.”

Actions: Biden voted FOR the welfare overhaul (1995) (more…)