486, while Gore supports the pill. Al Gore had continually stressed the inportance of the environment and issues concerning the nation’s energy policies. His ten year plan of $150 billion is dedicated to obtaining a cleaner environment and ways to obtain energy. This includes tax credits for buying evergy-efficient new homes and cleaner vehicles and $68 billion in incentives for cleaner power plants. He supportes tapping the petroleum reserve to ease the nation’s continually climbing gas prices. Governor Bush opposed this. The major issue Gore and Bush have clashed on has been whether or not to drill in the Alaskan refuge. While Governor Bush supported this drilling, Vice-President Gore adamantly opposed it. While Vice-President Gore has been a long time advocate of strict restrictions concerning gun control, Governor Bush’s perspective on the issue differs greatly. He believes that United States citizens that have proven themselves responsible enough to bear arms, a right dictated in the constitution, should be allowed to do so. In his opinion, the regulation of firearms should be left to the individual states. ...
