1. -“Race to the Top” -Wants to reward schools who choose to raise standards and innovate in education -Thinks “No Child Left Behind” is too restrictive -Doesn’t want schools to have to cut teachers -Focused support on Community Colleges to make sure we are educating people for the available jobs -Reformed the way student loans are paid back to give relief to recent graduates -“A Chance for Every Child” -Wants to promote school choice for students in failing schools -Thinks schools will improve due with increased competition for students -Thinks “No Child Left Behind” is imperfect, but supports the idea of measurable standards for schools -Wants to recruit and reward good teachers -Thinks that schools should be held to high standards ObamaRomney EDUCATION

2. -Obamacare – Passed the Affordable Care Act -Provides a cheap alternative for people who don’t have private insurance -Places restrictions on how insurance companies can increase rates and when they can drop coverage -Extended how long recent college graduates can stay on their parents’ insurance -Places emphasis on preventative care -Views Obamacare as a $500 tax increase -Thinks States are better positioned to provide healthcare mandates for their citizens -Thinks states can experiment and learn from each other to find what works best -Promotes free markets and competition as a way to improve quality and cut healthcare prices -Advocates patient centered approach where patients get to make the decisions concerning their care ObamaRomney HEALTHCARE

3. -Pro DREAM Act – created a Homeland Security directive to match some of the failed legislation -Thinks illegal immigrants are generally hard workers, but end up depressing wages for others -Pro Fence -Con States taking the lead to enforce federal law -Thinks we should prioritize who we deport first -Wants to keep families together -Con DREAM Act – Thinks amnesty is a bad idea, but agrees with part of the legislation -Thinks illegal immigrants steal jobs from Americans -Thinks we should work to attract MORE highly skilled immigrants to compete for jobs and bring skills to the economy -Wants to reform temporary Visa system -Pro Fence -Pro States taking the lead to enforce federal law -Wants to keep families together ObamaRomney IMMIGRATION

4. -Wants 20% cut in all marginal income tax rates -Keep tax rates steady for interest, dividends, and capital gains while eliminating these taxes for anyone earning less than $200,000 in these areas -Remove the estate tax -Cut corporate tax rate from 35% to 25% to encourage job growth -Strengthen tax cuts for research and development -LOWER TAXES/SMALLER GOVERNMENT -Wants to make sure the wealthiest Americans are paying higher taxes and not using loopholes -Advocates the “Buffet Rule” -Thinks we need to cut spending, but not as much as Romney -Wants to increase the estate tax for those transferring more than $3.5 million -Cut corporate tax rate from 35% to 28% -HIGHER TAXES ON WEALTHY ObamaRomney TAXES

5. -Wants to find and use America’s existing energy resources (oil, gas, coal) -Thinks that Obama has wasted money on failed green energy companies and initiatives -Would approve the Keystone XL Pipeline immediately -Thinks some regulation is necessary, but that less is needed -Wants to lower oil prices by increasing supply of oil -More Energy and Less Regulation -Wants to increase domestic oil and gas production, but not at the expense of the environment -Advocates clean energy, promised to create jobs in green energy -Denied construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline due to concerns of a lack of information -Thinks we need to be careful with energy regulation -Wants to lower oil prices by reducing demand for oil -Clean Energy and Safe Regulation ObamaRomney ENERGY + ENVIRONMENT

6. -Reduce marginal tax rates and corporate tax rate to get businesses to hire more workers -Reduce government spending to accommodate tax cuts -Reduce or eliminate regulations that restrict business -Wants to encourage free trade in global markets -Will reduce the power and influence of unions -Re-orginize retraining and re-employment efforts with a focus on state control -Wants to be tougher on China to crack down on their advantages -Focused on reviving U.S. manufacturing -Wants to eliminate tax breaks for companies that outsource overseas -Will provide incentives for companies who create jobs in U.S. -Prefers stricter regulations to prevent future economic meltdowns -Invested in Community Colleges to help train and retrain workers -Wants to be tougher on China to crack down on their advantages ObamaRomney JOB CREATION

7. -Will cut programs that are unworthy of borrowed money from China -Cap government spending at 20% of GDP -Will cut non-security discretionary spending most heavily -Will work to repeal Obamacare, privatize Amtrak, cut spending on Arts, Planned Parenthood, and Foreign Aid -Shift programs to state level to improve efficiency -Cut federal workforce and federal employee pay -Wants greater emphasis on making wealthy people pay their fair share in taxes to reduce the deficit -Wants to eliminate Bush-era tax cuts -Does not approve increasing military spending -Will invest in education, research and technology to promote long- term economic growth to boost revenue -Interested in cutting government waste -Not interested in cutting entitlements such as Medicare ObamaRomney DEBT AND DEFICIT