Senator Thomas Carper
Democrat • Delaware • 7th Term • Sworn In 1983
- 12 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 60 of 100) 0 Made Into Law (Ranks 16 of 100)
- 65 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 80 of 100) 3 Made Into Law (Ranks 17 of 100)
- Most often votes with:
- Sen. Daniel Akaka
- Sen. Olympia Snowe
- Least often votes with:
- Sen. Evan Bayh
- Sen. Thomas Coburn
- Votes with party 91%
- Abstains: 0%
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Tom Carper Never Lets Go the Rightwing Talking Points : Delaware ...
Delaware's senior Senator Tom Carper (D) says Lieberman's main concern making sure “we don't balloon or swell the deficit, the nation's debt further by what we do with respect to a public option.” Carper calls that a reasonable concern.
Lobbying for health care votes over Thanksgiving | WHYY News and ...
November 25, 2009 at 7:01 pm. [...] Tom Carper is not a progressive. As if a proud member of the DLC could be. Senator Carper tells WHYY: Delaware's senior Senator Tom Carper (D) says Lieberman's main concern making sure [...] ...
Bipartisan group of 21 Delaware lawmakers signs Amicus Brief ...
Mike Castle, Senators Ted Kaufman and Tom Carper did not sign similar briefs. By Lee Williams. Nearly 1000 lawmakers from all 50 states – including 21 Delawareans – have signed a “friend of the court” brief supporting the National ... “It's
Congressman Fattah Awards $844000 in Affordable Housing Grants ...
Honor the Village of Eastlake for National Recognition WILMINGTON, DE - January 7, 2008 - U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (DE), U.S. Rep. Michael Castle (DE), and Wilmington Mayor James Baker joined the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) of ...
Carper bill would halt death of estate tax - Hockessin, DE - The ...
Sen. Tom Carper has co-authored legislation that would fix the federal estate tax at its current levels and keep it from being repealed in 2010. The bill, co-sponsored by Ohio Republican Sen. George V. Voinovich, would tax individual ...
Jay's Smokers Rights Blog: How to FAX the Senators
Sen. Edward Kaufman (D) Fax: Sen. Tom Carper (D) Fax: 202-228-2190. Rep. Michael Castle (R-At Large) Fax: 202-225-2291. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) 850-488-4441. State Legislature Links Sen. George LeMieux (R) Fax: 202-224-2237. Sen. ...
Consumer Watchdog Calls On Senators To Skip Fundraiser Set For ...
Senators Jeff Bingaman, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Tom Carper, Mark Warner, Jeff Merkley, and Mark Begich are scheduled to attend. “Hosts” are being asked to contribute $30400; “sponsors” would give $10000 and “guests” pay “$5000. ... H
Carper bill would halt death of estate tax - Dover, DE - Dover Post
Sen. Tom Carper has co-authored legislation that would fix the federal estate tax at its current levels and keep it from being repealed in 2010. The bill, co-sponsored by Ohio Republican Sen. George V. Voinovich, would tax individual ...
Sen. Carper on Vote To Begin Debate On Health Care Bill
...21, 2009 -- WASHINGTON – Tonight the Senate voted to begin debate on their heath care bill by a vote of 60 to 39. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) issued the following statement in response: “This bill, created by the merger of two Senate bills, deserves
Democratic Leaders Weigh Public Option Compromise « S E N A T U S
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 concept but would also allow states to opt into a public plan. ...
Senate Clears Procedural Hurdle To Begin Debate on Health Care ...
Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to devise a public plan option "that is acceptable to all the Democrats." Reid said that although he did not request an alternative he is open to considering one, CongressDaily reports. ... Sen. K
Democrat Civil War: What Senate Cloture Vote Tells Us « NEOAVATARA
Liberals such as Chuck Schumer and Tom Carper are hoping to come to some compromise on the public option with the moderates. However, liberals are not so willing. “Absolutely not,” said Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, one of the more ...
Afternoon Open Thread - Jack & Jill Politics
After avoiding the public eye for three months, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, the widow of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, will appear on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Wednesday. .... Y.), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) ar
Health Insurance, Health Reform Debated in Senate - Health Blog - WSJ
Tom Carper is working on a possible compromise that sounds something like the “trigger” mechanism Olympia Snowe was pushing a while back, and that could win the support of the centrists. Here's the idea: States where insurance is deemed unaffordab
Media dis&dat: Social Security disability claims denied more often ...
Gilchrest left office in January, and Abey said no other political leader has pushed the issue. Several claimants also have sought help from then-Sen. Joe Biden and Sen. Tom Carper, who referred their complaints to Social Security. ...
Sen. Brown: Centrists should not 'dictate' future of public option
...out. The group has worked with Senate Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is a liberal, and Sen. Tom Carper (D- Del.) to craft a compromise. "First of all, I support a strong public option," Reid said after the motion to proceed
DiFi Attempts to Tame the Public Option
...be better (0.00 / 0) At least she's not out there pulling a Blanche Lincoln and trying to torpedo the PO, or a Tom Carper and trying to saddle it with a trigger. DiFi should be making stronger statements about the public option than this, but as l
Congress: Little maneuvering room - First Read - msnbc.com
He said that Louisiana's 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 ' acc
By 60-39 Vote, Senate Agrees to Open Debate on Healthcare Bill
It looks like something is shaping up around, Tom Carper, he's a Democrat from Delaware, kind of a centrist conservative guy. He was the guy that sort of the originally proposed this public option that would allow individual states to opt- out of ... I
Collins, Snowe In Spotlight: Reid Goes Back To Maine Republicans ...
By my calculation, Senator Reid can count on 56 votes for the health care legislation as it now stands. Any attrition from this group would require Reid to reach across the aisle to recruit one or more moderate Republicans. .... what about Tom Carper'
Health-Care Debate: The Return of the Public-Option Trigger ...
Tom Carper is working on a possible compromise that sounds something like the “trigger” mechanism Olympia Snowe was pushing a while back, and that could win the support of the centrists. Here's the idea: States where ... The CBO, as you may recall
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[Florida Senator Tom] Carper is meeting with centrists such as Joe Lieberman, Olympia Snowe, Mary Landrieu, Ben Nelson, Evan Bayh and Blanche Lincoln asking them what kind of a trigger they might vote for. “What we're asking centrists ...
Fdl Action » Sen. Tom Carper Reinvents the Trigger
It should because it is not just like Olympia Snowe's worthless trigger, it is identical to Snowe's trigger. There are some useless “affordabilit.
Cognitive Impairment Detection Included in Healthcare Reform ...
... Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) for including 'detection of any cognitive impairment' as a component of the new annual wellness visit for Medicare beneficiaries in 'The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.' ...
How health care reform could fall apart
...picking up Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) – but there’s no guarantee it would fly in the House. Enter “The Hammer,” an idea from Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) States that lack affordable choices would be required to offer a national insurance program that
Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option
Y.), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) are working on crafting a public option compromise that could garner 60 votes. On Sunday, Schumer predicted that the public option would survive and wind up in the final bill that goes to the president
Carper, Kaufman join Dems in health care vote - Hockessin, DE ...
Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, in voting to allow Senate debate on an administration-backed health care reform bill. The 60-39 decision Nov. 21 went completely alo
Carper, Kaufman join Dems in health care vote - Smyrna, DE ...
Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, in voting to allow Senate debate on an administration-backed health care reform bill. The 60-39 decision Nov. 21 went completely alo
Democrats hold line, but cracks show
Asked about the moderates' opposition to a public option, Reid reiterated his support for a strong public option and said Schumer and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) were working with Landrieu on a compromise that everyone in the caucus could ...
Health-care bill passes first Senate test at Campaign Diaries
Third, Senator Chuck Schumer is working with Blanche Lincoln, Mary Landrieu and Tom Carper on finding drafting some sort of watered-down compromise that reportedly mixes together co-ops and triggers. Yet, the situation is now rather ...
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