Joe Biden: Senate accomplishments
1973-2009: U.S. Senator from Delaware, initially focussing on consumer protection, environmental issues, government accountability, and arms control. In his 6 terms as a senator, Joe Biden sponsored or co-sponsored 348 pieces of legislation that became law.
1981-97: Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee for 17 years.
1986: Introduced his Global Climate Protection Act, one of the first bills aimed at addressing climate change.
1990s: Authored every major piece of crime legislation this decade, including the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
1992-1995: Strongly guided Balkans policy in the mid-1990s during the Bosnian War, producing a successful NATO peacekeeping effort.
1994: Spearheaded the Violence Against Women Act, criminalizing violence against women and creating unprecedented resources for survivors of assault, which was followed by a 64% drop in domestic violence from 1993 to 2010.
1997-2009: Chairman or Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for 12 years, leading legislation related to terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, post-Cold War Europe, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.
1997: Led the Senate to approve ratification of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
1998: Led the Senate to approve NATO enlargement and passage of bills to streamline foreign affairs agencies and punish religious persecution overseas.
1999: Co-sponsored the McCain-Biden Kosovo Resolution, which called on President Clinton to use all necessary force, including ground troops, to confront Miloševic over Yugoslav actions in Kosovo.
2000: Sponsored the Kids 2000 Act, establishing a public-private partnership to provide computer centers, teachers, Internet access, and technical training to young people, particularly low-income and at-risk youth.
Joe Biden: Vice President accomplishments
2009-2017: Vice President of the United States.
2009: Implemented and oversaw the $840 billion stimulus package in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
2009: Chaired the Middle Class Working Families Task Force.
2010: Fought for Congressional approval of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which inserted accountability into the financial sector and fortified the stability of the financial system.
2011: Led negotiations between Congress and the White House in resolving federal spending levels for the rest of the year and avoiding a government shutdown. Negotiated with Mitch McConnell to agree on deficit-reducing Budget Control Act of 2011.
2012: Headed the Gun Violence Task Force in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
2012: Negotiated a deal with Mitch McConnell that led to the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, averting a fiscal cliff and implementing the largest middle-class tax cut in history.
2014: Co-chaired White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault.
2014: Served as the Obama administration’s emissary to Eastern European governments like Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine worried over Vladimir Putin’s ambitions in the region.
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75 former Republican national security officials
81 American Nobel Prize winners
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