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| ANTI- TERRORISM
 • Aid for Local Police
 | Would give $10 billion for local Homeland Security efforts. more | Would reimburse cities for Homeland Security expenses and create fund for 100,000 firefighters. more | Would cut Pentagon budget and channel money to local efforts. more | Would cut military spending and spend more on local efforts. more | Promises to increase Homeland Security money for states and cities by 10 percent. more | 
| • Patriot Act | Would amend the Patriot Act. more | Would amend the Patriot Act. more | Would repeal the Patriot Act. more | Would repeal the Patriot Act.more | Would continue to support the Patriot Act. more | 
| CRIME • Gun Laws
 | Opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits; supports background checks for guns. more | Opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits; supports background checks for guns. more | Opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits; supports background checks for guns. more | Opposes granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits; supports background checks for guns. more | Favors granting gun makers immunity from civil lawsuits; supports background checks for guns. more | 
| • Policing/ Sentencing
 | Would expand community policing; would reform probation and parole; promises to end racial profiling. more | Would expand community policing; would review sentencing laws for non-violent crimes; would expand drug rehab programs. more | Would not expand community policing; would reduce sentencing for non-violent crimes; would expand drug rehab programs. more | Would not expand community policing; would reduce sentencing for non-violent crimes; would expand drug rehab programs. more | Would not expand community policing; would not reduce sentencing for non-violent crimes; would not expand drug rehab programs. more | 
| • Death Penalty | Supports the death penalty.more | Opposes the death penalty, except for terrorists. more | Opposes the death penalty. more | Opposes the death penalty. more | Supports the death penalty. more | 
| ECONOMY • Jobs
 | Would provide federal funds to match private investment to bring new jobs to cities; would establish job training programs through local colleges and businesses to train residents. more | Would give $50 million in tax breaks for manufacturing jobs; would create new urban business zones; would expand programs for minority and women owned businesses. more | Would lend $50 billion a year, interest free to state and local governments for job creation. more | Would spend $50 billion a year for five years to rebuild infrastructure and create jobs. more | Would continue tax cuts to encourage job growth. more | 
| • Minimum Wage | Would raise the minimum wage to $6.65 an hour.more | Would raise the minimum wage, but did not say how much. more | Would raise the minimum wage to $8.50 an hour. more | Would raise the minimum wage to $7.15 an hour. more | Would not support a minimum wage increase. more | 
| • North America Free Trade Agreement | Would amend NAFTA.more | Voted for NAFTA, but says it may need to be amended. more | Would repeal NAFTA. more | Would repeal NAFTA. more | Would support NAFTA. more | 
| • Taxes | Would repeal tax cuts for families with incomes above $200,000.more | Would repeal tax cuts for families with incomes above $200,000. more | Would repeal all tax cuts and give $87 billion in tax credits for middle- and low-income families. more | Would repeal all tax cuts. more | Would continue tax cuts, totaling over $1 trillion over six years. more | 
| EDUCATION • Higher Ed
 | Would pay college tuition for teachers who agree to work in difficult urban schools; would provide one year of free college tuition in exchange for 10 hours of community service a week. more | Would expand tax credits for college; one year of free college tuition for two years of community service. more | Would provide free college tuition for public university students. more | Supports a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing every American a quality education. more | Would continue to support tax credits for college. more | 
| • No Child Left Behind | Would reform No Child Left Behind program and provide more money to meet the requirements. more | Would reform No Child Left Behind program and guarantee funding for it. more | Would reform No Child Left Behind program and provide more money to meet the requirements. more | Opposes No Child Left Behind program. more | Supports No Child Left Behind program. more | 
| • Vouchers | Opposes vouchers for private schools. more | Opposes vouchers for private schools. more | Opposes vouchers for private schools. more | Opposes vouchers for private schools. more | Supports vouchers for private schools. more | 
| HEALTH CARE | Would provide expanded health coverage for low-income people; would require that all Americans under 21 have health insurance. more | Would offer every American access to health care plan offered to federal employees; would expand existing programs to cover 96 percent of population. more | Would create a national health care plan financed by federal government. more | Would create a national health care plan financed by federal government. more | Would expand medical savings accounts to give workers more control; would increase tax credits to help uninsured buy medical coverage. more | 
| HOUSING | Would give a tax credit of up to $5,000 to cover down payments for low- and moderate-income families buying a home. more | Would create a housing trust fund to build 1.5 million apartments over ten years; would use tax credits to build and rehab 500,000 homes over the next ten years. more | Would create a housing trust fund to build 1.5 million new apartments and houses for low- and moderate-income families over ten years. more | Would support housing assistance for low-income families. more | Would support fund to help families with down payments for homes; would support programs to encourage minority home ownership. more | 
| IMMIGRATION   | Would reform current policy to expedite citizenship process for some immigrants; would increase enforcement on U.S./Mexico border. more | Would reform current policy to expedite citizenship process for some immigrants; would increase enforcement on U.S./Mexico border. more | Would reform current policy to expedite citizenship process for some immigrants; would work with Mexico to curb illegal immigration. more | Would reform current policy to expedite citizenship process for some immigrants. more | Would offer temporary visas to immigrants who register with employer; would increase enforcement on U.S./Mexico border. more | 
| MASS TRANSIT | Would support federal mass transit initiatives. more | Would support transportation policy that allows cities to choose how best to use federal money. more | Would create a federal program to employ the jobless to rebuild infrastructure, including roads, highways, and mass transit. more | Would spend $50 billion a year over five years on highways, railways, and infrastructure. more | Would continue to support federal mass transit initiatives; would continue support of federal aid to rebuild lower Manhattan’s transit system. more | 
| POVERTY | Would provide job training and childcare for welfare-to-work programs; would support initiatives to require fathers to pay child support; would create safety net for homeless; would launch campaign to reduce teen pregnancy. more | Would provide job training and childcare for welfare-to-work programs; would support initiatives to require fathers to pay child support; would build affordable housing for homeless. more | Would create a zero-unemployment economy; would create living wage; would building affordable housing for homeless. more | Opposes welfare-to-work programs; would create massive job program to help poor. more | Would increase work requirements for welfare-to-work programs; would create faith-based initiatives to meet needs of poor. more | 
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