Joe Biden on Taxes
Voted for President Clinton’s tax hike (RC #247, 1993)
Voted against repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax (RC #261, 1999)
Voted against eliminating the marriage penalty (RC #79, 2001)
Voted against the 2001 tax cuts (RC# 170, 2001)
Voted against repealing the Death Tax (RC #151, 2002) (RC #109, 2007)
Voted against a repeal of the 1993 tax increase on Social Security benefits (RC #94, 2003)
Voted against the 2003 Bush tax cuts (RC #196, 2003)
Voted for a 50% windfall profits tax on oil profits (RC #331, 2005)
Voted against extending the 2001 tax cuts (RC #118, 2006) (RC #107, 2007)

            Joe Biden on spending
Voted for the Farm Bill in 2002 and 2008 (RC #103, 2002) (RC #130, 2008)
Voted in favor of the Bridge to Nowhere (RC #262, 2005)
Voted against capping spending (RC #286, 2005)
Voted to kill a resolution stating a moral obligation to offset new spending with spending cuts (RC #140, 2007)
Voted for the expanded SCHIP bill (RC #307, 2007)
Voted against an earmark moratorium (RC #75, 2008)
Voted to override President Bush’s veto of the Farm Bill (RC #140, 2008)
Was declared Porker of the Month by Citizens Against Government Waste in January 2002

              Joe Biden on Trade
Voted to impose steel tariffs (RC #178, 1999)
Voted against Trade Promotion Authority (RC #207, 2002)
Voted against free trade with Singapore (RC #318, 2003)
Voted against free trade with Chile (RC #319, 2003)
Voted against CAFTA (RC #209, 2005)
Voted against free trade with Oman (RC #250, 2006)

          Joe Biden on Regulation
Voted for the burdensome Sarbanes-Oxley legislation (RC #192, 2002)
Voted against exempting small businesses from Sarbanes-Oxley (RC #139, 2007)
Voted for a minimum wage hike (RC #257, 2005)
Voted for the “card check” bill—stripping workers of their right to a secret ballot when voting to form a union (RC #227, 2007)
Voted to kill the Davis Bacon waiver (RC #334, 2007)

        Joe Biden on School Choice
Voted against a vouchers program for DC schools (RC #260, 1997)
Voted against school choice for low-income earners (RC #179, 2001)

              Joe Biden on Tort Reform
Voted against limiting lawyer fees on tobacco settlements (RC #161, 2003)
Voted against class action tort reform (RC #9, 2005)

        Joe Biden on Entitlement Reform
Voted against preventing the plundering of Social Security (RC #313, 1999)
Voted to expand government-run healthcare (RC #307, 2007)