• Outlined a four-point plan that includes giving more aid to homeowners to restructure their mortgages and giving states and cities an additional $30 billion to fight foreclosures. This amount is roughly what the Federal Reserve guaranteed to back bank JP Morgan for when it agreed to buy lender Bear Stearns

• Unveiled a five-part, $70 billion stimulus package designed to help homeowners in foreclosure, address rising energy costs and calls for immediate investments in "green collar jobs".   Details

• Supported legislation that would lower the deficit by reinstating some Bush tax cuts

• Believes the income tax system is unfair and crippling to the economy

• Has called for eliminating the IRS and instituting a national sales tax for all citizens

• Believes that a strong family is the basis for a strong economy

• Supports a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution

• Advocated a "tough love" approach to the housing crisis, and has said it is not the duty of the government to bail out "speculators." Any assistance should be focused solely on homeowners.

• Has said that line item veto is the best way to stop pork-barrel projects

• Voted twice (in 1995 and 1997) to remove the Social Security Administration from balanced budget calculations

• Unveiled a stimulus plan that lowers the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, allows expensing of equipment and technology investments and establishes a permanent research and development tax credit

• Proposed relief for homeowners and an additional $30 billion stimulus package to address the nation's economic woes, roughly the same amount the Federal Reserve agreed to back bank JP Morgan for when it agreed to buy Bear Stearns.

• Has said he would more than double the tax rates for managers of hedge funds and private equity firms

• Co-sponsored the Fair Pay Act of 2007 that notes the existence of wage differentials between men and women

• Introduced a $120 billion stimulus plan that offers $35 billion in tax rebates to middle-income families, as well as a $10 billion supplement to Social Security

• Promised to create a development bank that would invest $60 billion to rebuild the nation's infrastructure.

• Has blamed the Federal Reserve for the weakening economy by allowing the dollar to weaken

• Is an advocate of the Fair Tax plan to replace income tax and the IRS with a national federal sales tax

• Voted in support of restricting bankruptcy rules