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By the time most presidential nominees reach the stage at their parties’ national conventions, they’ve usually spent months hammering out their policy priorities.

But Vice President Harris only began her race on July 21, when President Joe Biden 

While Democrats have been thrilled with the 

 Harris has brought to the race, her campaign speeches to date have been long on vibes and short on actual platforms. Many of her positions are based on 

 that he and Democrats were unable to get through Congress.

As the Democratic National Convention gets underway this week, here are some highlights of what she’s said so far about what she would do if she wins in November.

 on what she would do to address the high costs of housing, groceries, health care and raising kids. Her proposals include:

In other campaign speeches, Harris has said she would:

 that she would not raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 per year.

 in 2022, Harris became the administration’s 

 on restoring protections for abortion rights. She has urged Congress to pass legislation to codify 

 protections and said she would sign it into law.

Harris has backed Biden administration efforts to 

 for seniors on Medicare. She has said she would accelerate those talks with pharmaceutical companies. Like Biden, Harris has vowed to try to:

Harris has said she backs comprehensive immigration reform with “an earned pathway to citizenship” but she has not spelled out the details.

 say Harris would hire thousands of border agents, use technology to crack down on fentanyl and increase funding to stop human trafficking.

She has said she would urge the Senate to revive a bipartisan border security bill that Republicans balked at 

 at the urging of former President Donald Trump. That bill would give her the power to shut the border to migrants under certain conditions and would establish changes to the asylum process.

Harris has not yet given a major foreign policy address. But she gave 

 after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last month, where she said she would “not be silent” about the toll Israel’s war on Hamas has taken on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, even as she made clear she supports Israel’s right to defend itself.

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