Political Positions Of Joe Biden
Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States and former senator from the US state of Delaware. He served in the Senate from 1973 until 2009 and made his second run for President of the United States in the 2008 presidential election as a Democrat. Biden was announced as Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's running mate on August 23, 2008, and was elected Vice President on November 4, 2008.
| Group | Advocacy issue(s) | Ratings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lifetime | Recent | |||
| Rating | Date | |||
| AFL-CIO | labor unions | 85% | 100% | 2003 |
| AUSCS | church-state separation | 100% | 2006 | |
| APHA | public health | 100% | 2003 | |
| CTJ | progressive taxation | 100% | 2006 | |
| NAACP | minorities & affirmative action | 100% | 2006 | |
| LCV | environmental protection | 83% | 95% | 2003 |
| NEA | public education | 91% | 2003 | |
| ARA | senior citizens | 89% | 2003 | |
| CAF | energy security | 83% | 2006 | |
| PA | peace and disarmament | 80% | 2003 | |
| HRC | gay and lesbian rights | 78% | 2006 | |
| CURE | criminal rehabilitation | 71% | 2000 | |
| ACLU | civil and political rights | 60% | 2002 | |
| Cato | free trade and libertarianism | 42% | 2002 | |
| NARAL | abortion rights | 36% | 2003 | |
| US CoC | corporate interests | 32% | 2003 | |
| CCA | Christian family values | 16% | 2003 | |
| NTU | lowering taxes | 15% | 2003 | |
| USBC | immigration controls | 8% | 2006 | |
| NRLC | restrictions on abortion | 0% | 2006 | |
| NRA | gun ownership | F | 2003 | |
Biden has supported campaign finance reform including the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and banning contributions of issue ads and gifts; capital punishment as his 1993 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act created several new capital offenses; deficit spending on fiscal stimulus in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; tax credits for the working poor and students; carbon emissions cap and trade; the increased infrastructure spending proposed by the Obama administration; mass transit, supporting Amtrak, bus, and subway subsidies for decades; renewable energy subsidies; same-sex marriage; student loan forgiveness; increased taxation of the wealthy; and universal health care. He opposes marijuana legalization and prefers the reduced military spending proposed in the Administration's budget.
The following are more detailed political positions of Joe Biden on an assortment of issues.
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