Guide Note

Joe Biden, senior Democratic Senator from Delaware, is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Based on his voting record, Biden has been rated as more liberal than 77.5 percent of the Senate, more moderate than candidate Barack Obama at 86 percent.¹

Fast Facts

1. Announced as Barack Obama's running mate on August 23, 2008
2. Supported use of military force in Iraq, but later spoke out against Iraq War²
3. Supports banning partial-birth abortion, but not overturning Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision²
4. Voted to expand stem cell research³
5. Voted for background checks at gun shows and supports assault weapons ban³
6. Said that voting for No Child Left Behind was a mistake³

• NARAL: 36 percent - mixed record on abortion³
• NRLC: 0 percent - pro-choice stance on abortion³
• ACLU: 60 percent - mixed civil rights record³
• HRC: 78 percent - pro-gay-rights stance³
• NAACP: 100 percent - pro-affirmative-action stance³
• NEA: 91 percent - pro-public-education stance³
• LCV: 95 percent - pro-environment stance³
• NRA: F - pro-gun-control record³
• APHA: 100 percent - pro-public-health stance³
• USBC: 8 percent - open border stance³
• AU: 100 percent - pro-church-state-separation³
• ARA: 89 percent - pro-senior voting record³

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