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| Cut the corporate tax rate to 25% from 35%; reduce the estate tax to 15% (permitting a $10 million exemption); permit first-year deductions for equipment and technology investments; establish a permanent tax credit equal to 10% of wages spent on R&D |
Eliminate all capital gains taxes on start-up and small businesses; provide a tax credit to reduce the burden of double taxation on self-employed small-business owners; make the existing, temporary R&D tax credit permanent |
| Regulate greenhouse gas emissions with cap-and-trade system; supports market-driven system for tradable allowances aimed at limiting emissions and reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil; issue tax credit for purchasing zero-emissions cars; supports flex-fuel vehicles; enforce existing CAFE mileage standards |
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050 with cap-and-trade policy, requiring all pollution credits be auctioned with proceeds going to clean energy investments; ensure 1 million plug-in hybrid cars are on the road by 2015; issue tax credit to purchase advanced vehicles |
| Lift federal restrictions on domestic oil exploration in the United States; commit $2 billion annually to advance clean coal technologies; construct 45 nuclear power plants by 2030; opposes windfall tax on oil companies |
Invest $150 billion during next 10 years in clean energy, including low-emission coal plants and next generation of biofuels; ensure 10% of U.S. electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012 and 25% by 2025; enact windfall tax on oil companies; develop five clean coal plants through public/private partnership |
| Strongly supports NAFTA; advocates free-trade legislation, including pending free-trade acts with Colombia and South Korea; proposes reforms to unemployment insurance and worker retraining programs to account for trade-related job losses |
Supports amending NAFTA, calling it a “bad deal” as it stands; advocates free trade, but new trade agreements must include environment and labor protections; pass Patriot Employer Act, giving tax breaks to companies that create jobs in the United States versus shipping jobs overseas |
| Supports increased border security above all other measures (voted for Secure Fence Act of 2006); implement electronic employment verification system and prosecute employers who hire illegal immigrants; create temporary worker programs; ensure undocumented immigrants learn English, pay back taxes and fines, and pass a citizenship course |
Supports system that allows undocumented immigrants in good standing to pay a fine, learn English and “go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens”; increase number of legal immigrants to meet job demand; promote economic development in Mexico to decrease illegal immigration |
| Provide $5,000 for health insurance to every American family, who would still have the option of employer-based coverage; expand Health Savings Accounts and work with governors to develop state-run guaranteed access plans so all Americans have access to coverage |
Guarantee eligibility for all individuals to national health plan; create National Health Insurance Exchange to aid those wanting to purchase private insurance; require employers that do not contribute sufficiently to health coverage to contribute percentage of payroll to national plan (small businesses would be exempt and receive a new Small Business Health Tax Credit). |
| Argues against focusing too much “in isolation” on undervalued Chinese currency; supports development of “transparent code of conduct” for China’s corporations in regard to product safety and currency valuation |
Supports Fair Currency Act, which would define currency manipulation and expand authority of International Trade Commission to impose countervailing duties; stay “clear and consistent” on issues including intellectual property rights, currency manipulation or human rights |
| Opposes Employee Free Choice Act, which would certify unions for representation solely on the basis of election authorization cards |
Promises to sign Employee Free Choice Act, which he co-sponsored, into law if it is approved by Congress |
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