Quick candidate fact sheet and breakdown

1,180 of 2,025 delegates required to win nomination

Wants to institute a cap-and-trade system, where pollution credits must be auctioned and the revenue used to invest in alternative energy.

Wants 20% of America's energy to come from alternative sources by 2020.

Wants to increase fuel efficiency standards to 40 miles per gallon for automobiles.

Sponsored the Citizenship Promotion Act of 2007 that allows immigration services to appropriate funds to offset the increased cost of processing immigrant's applications for citizenship.

Doesn't believe illegal immigrants should be allowed to work in the U.S., but wants to create a program to allow them to earn legal status, lean English and have them pay a fine before beginning the citizenship process.

Wants to provide subsidies for citizens who cannot afford health insurance.

Promises to provide a plan for universal health coverage by the end of his first term, if elected.

Believes the health care system should emphasize prevention.

Would favor a national smoking ban if local bans fail, but said he would prefer local action.

Wants to eliminate the FAFSA form for student aid and replace it with a check box on tax forms that would authorize tax information to be used for student loan purposes.

Clinton has proposed a similar plan.

Would vote to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind program provided funding is increased and accountability methods re-examined.

Says he will begin removing troops from Iraq immediately upon being elected, and have all combat troops out of Iraq within 16 months.

Wants to provide $2 billion to fund humanitarian programs for Iraqi refugees.

Promises to secure all loose nuclear material within four years.

Wants to strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Wants to expand the armed forces.

1,026 of 2,025 delegates required to win nomination

Believes Americans should do more to conserve energy.

Doesn't favor nuclear power unless costs for construction and operation go down and viable solutions for waste disposal are found.

Proposes ending tax breaks for oil companies and using revenue from those taxes to fund part of a $50 billion investment in alternative energy.

Wants to increase fuel efficiency standards to 55 miles per gallon by 2030.

Opposes granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.

Believes the United States should do more to help Central and South American countries create more jobs for their own people.

Voted against a bill declaring English the official language of the United States government.

Voted against an amendment to a senate bill that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving social security benefits.

Supports a guest worker program.

Proposed a universal health care program.

Wants to require all Americans to carry health insurance.

Doesn't favor a national smoking ban.

Wants to require health insurance providers to cover people regardless of pre-existing conditions.

Wants health care companies that work with the federal government to move towards electronic record keeping.

Wants to expand the Family and Medical Leave Act.

The bill, signed into law by President Bush in 2007, reduced lender subsidies, reauthorized and provided additional funding for the Pell Grant program and cut interest rates on student loans.

Proposed a Student Borrower Bill of Rights which limited payments required of students based on their income and required colleges to disclose information regarding graduates' default rates and earnings.

The bill was killed in committee.

Wants to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq within 60 days of her term if elected.

Would seek to replace military presence in Iraq with a diplomatic one.

Voted to authorize the use of military force against Iraq in 2002. Has said she voted for the use of force based on the information available to her at the time.

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