Candidate: Joe Biden

Economic Security & Good Jobs
Sen. Biden believes the path to protect jobs and compete in a global economy is to first address energy security and health care. >>read more

Quality Education
Sen. Biden pledges to fulfill the promise to leave no child behind we have to direct adequate resources to update schools, reduce class size and school size, reward quality educators, and improve teacher pay. He would expand help for families by increasing the tax deduction for tuition payments. Additionally, he would expand Pell grants to cover the average tuition at public colleges for low income families. He supports a plan to make the first two years of college free for students from low-income to middle-class families. Biden would expand national service programs to high school students so that they can earn money for college by participating in public service while they are in high school. >>read more

Environment, Energy and Sustainability
Biden wants to increasing fuel efficiency, transition to farm-grown fuels like ethanol and biodiesel, and expanding the use of renewable energy. He also wants to dramatically increase the federal government's investment in energy and climate change research and technology. Biden supports a cap-and-trade approach and wants to negotiate a new international agreement on greenhouse gas emission. >>read more

Health Care
Sen. Biden wants to control costs by modernizing the system, simplifying the system and reducing errors. He wants to see a change to electronic records and a uniform system to submit claims. Biden would expand access to health insurance for children and provide catastrophic coverage to families and businesses. He sees innovative change happening in the states towards universal coverage and wants to use data on what is working there to inform national policy. >>read more