Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Thomas Carper [D, DE]

Setting the Record Straight: Six Years of Unheeded Warnings for GSE Reform

2008-10-09T00:00:00Z

...Labaton, "New Agency Proposed To Oversee Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae," The New York Times, 9/11/03) October: Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE) refuses to acknowledge any necessity for GSE reforms, saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." (Sen. Carp

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What They Said About Fan and Fred

2008-10-02T00:00:00Z

...that are fundamentally sound financially and withstand some of the disaster scenarios. . . . Clockwise from top left: Sen. Thomas Carper, Rep. Barney Frank, Sen. Robert Bennett, Rep. Maxine Waters, Sen. Chris Dodd and Sen. Charles Schumer. Secretary Mar

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Senate Passes Emmett Till Act

2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

In 2006, Coburn co-authored the landmark Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act with Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., and presidential hopefuls, ...

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Daily backgrounder

2008-09-29T00:00:00Z

26. The Postal Service will save about $50 million a year under the bill, its sponsor, Delaware Democratic Sen. Thomas Carper, said in a statement. ...

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Bailout won't "gut" defense budget: Navy

2008-09-26T00:00:00Z

...amounted to $295 billion over their original program estimates, raising their overall price tag to $1.6 trillion. Sen. Thomas Carper, chairman of the subcommittee on federal financial management of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committe

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UPDATE 1-Bailout won't "gut" defense budget- US Navy

2008-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sen. Thomas Carper, chairman of the subcommittee on federal financial management of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, ...

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Senate passes big tax breaks and aid

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

All area senators voted in favor, except Thomas Carper (D., Del.), who voted against it, and Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D., Del.), who did not vote. ...

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Senate passes big tax breaks and aid

2008-09-24T00:00:00Z

...private insurance benefits as for medical-surgical treatments. The bill passed, 93-2. All area senators voted in favor, except Thomas Carper (D., Del.), who voted against it, and Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D., Del.), who did not vote. "The economy is struggli

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Where was Dodd?

2008-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., later that year: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." As recently as last summer, when housing prices had clearly peaked and the ...

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Energy Secretary Bodman to speak at Energy Institute opening Sept. 19

2008-09-08T00:00:00Z

Bodman will discuss federal energy policy, US Sen. Thomas Carper of Delaware will speak on â€œSecuring Our Nation's Energy Future-Delaware Leading the Way,â€ ...

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Solutions for Clean Air Policy

2008-08-26T00:00:00Z

The Bush administration and its congressional allies want to codify CAIR in its entirety, while Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE), Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) ...

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Obama and Bidden To Start Campaigning in Springfield Illinois Today

2008-08-22T00:00:00Z

Delaware's other senator, Thomas Carper, believed firmly that Biden is the guy, who can make a perfect team. Everyone had their BlackBerry turned to its ...

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Biden on the ticket? He says no, but his name's getting attention

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Biden's junior colleague in the Senate, Thomas Carper, said, "I look at the aspects of our ticket -- where we're strongest and where we're most in need of ...

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Rebuilding Clean Air Policy

2008-08-21T00:00:00Z

Thomas Carper (D-DE) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) introduced their own, more stringent versions of multi-pollutant legislation, but these bills did not ...

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Biden rises among vice presidential candidates, sources say

2008-08-20T00:00:00Z

Biden's colleague from Delaware, Sen. Thomas Carper, and others say there are signs that he has leaped to the top of Obama's list of potential running mates. But Biden says, 'I'm not the guy.' As Sen. Barack Obama prepares to announce his vice

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Biden rises among vice presidential candidates, sources say

2008-08-19T00:00:00Z

Biden's colleague from Delaware, Sen. Thomas Carper, and others say there are signs that he has leaped to the top of Obama's list of potential running mates ...

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States Curb Carbon As Blueprint for Feds

2008-08-12T00:00:00Z

The court said the EPA didn't have the statutory authority to issue the rules, so US Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., wants Congress to give the agency that ...

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The Time-for-Space Squeeze

2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

... the way we build our communities ... we are going to fall way short of our goal of energy independence," says Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del. ...

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Capitol Report: Senators debate clean-air rules rejected by court

2008-07-29T00:00:00Z

At a hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, policymakers expressed dismay at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit decision issued in July vacating the Clean Air Interstate Rules

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Senators debate clean-air rules rejected by court

2008-07-29T00:00:00Z

Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., expressed a desire to draft a new, broader policy with haste. "Eight years have gone without any ...

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