Joe Biden, senior Democratic Senator from Delaware, is the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Based on his voting record, Biden has been rated as more liberal than 77.5 percent of the Senate, more moderate than presidential candidate Barack Obama at 86 percent.Washington Post: The Fix: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall (March 1, 2007)

• NARAL: 36 percent - mixed record on abortionOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• NRLC: 0 percent - pro-choice stance on abortionOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• ACLU: 60 percent - mixed civil rights recordOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• HRC: 78 percent - pro-gay-rights stanceOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• NAACP: 100 percent - pro-affirmative-action stanceOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• NEA: 91 percent - pro-public-education stanceOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• LCV: 95 percent - pro-environment stanceOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• NRA: F - pro-gun-control recordOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• APHA: 100 percent - pro-public-health stanceOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• USBC: 8 percent - open border stanceOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• AU: 100 percent - pro-church-state-separationOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden
• ARA: 89 percent - pro-senior voting recordOn The Issues: Senator Joe Biden