News FeedJoe Biden
- War in Iraq
- Proposed a plan that would divide Iraq into three regions, increase communication with Iraq’s neighbors, and withdraw most U.S. troops by summer 2008.
- Environment
- Supports legislation to make vehicles more fuel efficient and to require all new cars to be able to run on E85/flex fuel by 2017.
- Supports the Global Warming Pollution Act, which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Health Care
- Proposed a four step plan: reducing the cost of health care, covering all children, lowering insurance cost for employers, and reforming the insurance industry.
- Crime
- Wants to add 50,000 more policemen and 1,000 more FBI agents.
- Supports putting the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations into action.
- Education
- Proposed the College ACCESS Plan, which would include creating a $3,000 refundable tax credit, expanding the Pell Grant, and starting the college planning process in 8th grade.
- Jobs
- Is a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act.
- Supports an increase in the minimum wage.
- Seniors
- Wants to strengthen Medicare by requiring the government to negotiate with companies for drug prices and closing the “doughnut hole” in benefits.
- Opposes privatizing Social Security.
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