Highest priority along with ending the war in Iraq
Convene a national gathering of key stakeholders from labor, business, health care and government within first 90 days to develop a universal coverage plan.
Four elements to plan: cover all children; reduce healthcare costs through better preventative care, reducing inefficiencies, and negotiating lower prescription drug prices; provide reinsurance for catastrophic cases; and, reform the insurance industry.
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Has voted consistent with his position
YES to include prescription drugs under Medicare
YES to block plan that would allow tax-deductible medical savings accounts
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Opposes Bush's plan that allows workers to divert some Social Security payroll tax into private retirement accounts. Private accounts can supplement the program.
Raise the cap on income subject to the Social Security tax such that most wealthy contribute their fair share
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Has voted consistent with his position.
NO to establishing personal retirement accounts
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Reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 by imposing a cap and trade system
Set a national renewable portfolio standard of 20 percent to require that at least 20 percent of the country's electricity comes from clean, renewable sources - just 2.3 percent of our power comes from these sources today
Raise fuel economy standards so that the U.S. reaches a 40 mpg average by 2017 (the current average is 27.5 mpg) and cuts greenhouse gas emissions by more than a 100 million tons a year
Require the federal government to purchase 10 percent renewable electricity by 2010 and 20 percent by the end of the next decade
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Has voted consistent with his position
NO to reduce funding for renewable and solar energy
NO to terminating Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards
YES to reduce oil usage by 40% by 2025
YES to stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
YES to eliminate oil and gas exploration subsidies
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