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

States have a right to protect environmental assets

2009-11-27T00:00:00Z

Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman, during Senate floor consideration of the Energy and Water Appropriations Act, secured passage of an amendment prohibiting the ...

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Delaware base rebirth follows BRAC battle

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

"That would have left us as an Air Guard with no airplanes," US Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said. "It's hard to be an Air Guard when you have no airplanes. ...

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MSNBC "HARDBALL WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS" INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR TOM CARPER (D-DE)

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

I welcome Senator Schumer, Landrieu and Carper, who Senator Landrieu said that they're working together to find a public option that's acceptable to all ...

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Veterans Home breaks ground for pavilion

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

The event was attended by a number of dignitaries, including Sen. Tom Carper and Sen. Ted Kaufman from Delaware's federal delegation. ...

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Carper would back Biden in Senate race

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

If Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden decides to run for the US Senate he'll have US Sen. Tom Carper's (D-Del.) vote. "In the end I'll vote for Beau," ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

They're also in discussions with leadership and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) regarding a compromise modeled on Snowe's trigger. How they change the bill so ...

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Carper bill would halt death of estate tax

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Sen. Tom Carper has co-authored legislation that would fix the federal estate tax at its current levels and keep it from being ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

They're also in discussions with leadership and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) regarding a compromise modeled on Snowe's trigger. How they change the bill so ...

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Disability denials troubling to leaders

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

...asked for an explanation of the agency's policies that "guarantee that a fair and transparent determination is made." Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said Monday that several people who had been denied disability benefits had asked his staff for help in recent

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

They're also in discussions with leadership and Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) regarding a compromise modeled on Snowe's trigger. How they change the bill so ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Charles Schumer (DN.Y.) to devise a public plan option "that is acceptable to all the Democrats." Reid said that although he did not ...

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Dems search for public option fix

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...state. The White House has been supportive of Snowe's proposal in the past. The other alternative is offered by Democratic Sen. Tom Carper. He calls his plan "the hammer." While admitting it's a work in progress, it would work like Snowe's trigger conce

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Health debate overlooks wellness programs

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

... shape as much as 60 percent of our underlying health status," Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said during a recent committee debate on health care reform. ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

By Staff reports Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, ...

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Reid: 'We can see the finish line'

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...Mary Landrieu, one of the final three Democratic holdouts before tonight’s vote, is working with Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Tom Carper (D-DE) to come up with an “alternative” public option, one that would be “acceptable” to all Democrats." “It

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Social Security disability claims denied more often in Delaware

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

Several claimants also have sought help from then-Sen. Joe Biden and Sen. Tom Carper, who referred their complaints to Social Security. ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

By Staff reports Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

By Staff reports Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, ...

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How to amend, and not amend, the Senate health reform bill.

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...health care plan.") What sort of public option was Nelson talking about? Possibly he had in mind a convoluted plan by Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., to require states that fail to meet an affordability standard to include a nonprofit public option over which

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Snowe still in discussions with Obama about final health vote

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

...to meet certain performance benchmarks. Snowe said that talks continue between a group of centrist senators, including Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), about renegotiating the terms of the public option in a final bill. Snowe, ho

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