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    The burden of a 40-year career: Some of Joe Biden's record doesn't age well

    by Janet Hook, Los Angeles Times Mar 18, 2019 6 minutes

    DOVER, Del. - Joe Biden is carrying a 20th-century voting record into a 21st-century political dogfight.

    During more than 40 years in public life, Biden has taken an array of stances at odds with today's Democratic Party consensus. As he now prepares for his third presidential campaign, that record could hamper him in a big field of mostly younger, more liberal primary rivals.

    A review of Biden's record - which spans 36 years as a U.S. senator and eight as vice president - is, in part, a reminder of how much the Democratic Party itself and the U.S. political system have changed over the last half a century.

    Biden opposed school busing for desegregation in the 1970s. He voted for a measure aimed at outlawing gay marriage in the 1990s. He was an ally of the banking and credit card industries.

    He chaired the 1991 Clarence Thomas hearings that gave short shrift to the sexual harassment allegations raised by Anita

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