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→1973–2009: U.S. Senate
==1973–2009: U.S. Senate==
==1973–2009: U.S. Senate==
[[Image:Biden_on_Meet_the_Press.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Biden on Meet The Press, 09/09/07]]
[[Image:Biden_on_Meet_the_Press.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Biden on Meet The Press, 09/09/07]]
The Council for a Livable World (CLW), a [[communist front]] organization founded in 1962 by long-time socialist activist and Soviet agent [[Leo Szilard]], is a non-profit advocacy organization that seeks to "reduce the danger of nuclear weapons and increase national security", primarily through supporting progressive, congressional candidates who support their policies. The Council supported [[Joe Biden]] in 1972 in his successful Senate run as candidate for Delaware.<ref name=since1962>[http://www.livableworld.org/what/legacy_in_congress_who_weve_helped_elect/ CLW website: Who We've Helped Elect]</ref><ref>[http://livableworld.org/elections/2012/candidates/senate/mheinrich/, CLW bio, accessed July 2008]</ref>
The Council for a Livable World (CLW), a [[communist front]] organization founded in 1962 by long-time Soviet agent [[Leo Szilard]], is a non-profit advocacy organization that seeks to "reduce the danger of nuclear weapons and increase national security", primarily through supporting progressive, congressional candidates who support their policies. The Council supported [[Joe Biden]] in 1972 in his successful Senate run as candidate for Delaware.<ref name=since1962>[http://www.livableworld.org/what/legacy_in_congress_who_weve_helped_elect/ CLW website: Who We've Helped Elect]</ref><ref>[http://livableworld.org/elections/2012/candidates/senate/mheinrich/, CLW bio, accessed July 2008]</ref>
Biden unseated the liberal Republican Senator [[Cale Boggs]] in the 1972 elections. In 1973, he hence became the fifth-youngest U.S. senator in U.S. history. He was later reelected six times.
Biden unseated the liberal Republican Senator [[Cale Boggs]] in the 1972 elections. In 1973, he hence became the fifth-youngest U.S. senator in U.S. history. He was later reelected six times.