Senator Thomas Carper

Democrat  •  Delaware  •  7th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
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04/27/05
Wictory Wednesday: April 27, 2005

Hagel & Sen. Chafee at the same time. Contacting a reasonable Democrat or two or those Democrats representing red states may not hurt either: Sen. Max Baucus, MT Sen. Evan Bayh, IN Sen. Jeff Bingaman, NM Sen. Thomas Carper, DE Sen. ...

05/12/05
Take Action on Minimum Wage Legislation

In the Senate, Sen. Debbie Stabenow of Michigan has introduced S. 14, a bill to increase the minimum wage to a more reasonable historical level. The additional 13 Senators listed below have added their names to S. 14 as cosponsors, ...

09/01/05
Caterpillar Supports Diesel Particulate Filter Retrofits

Other sponsors of the bipartisan bill include Sen Thomas Carper (D-DE), Sen Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Sen Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and Sen Johnny Isakson (R-GA)....The legislation proposes $1 billion in funding over five years in the form ...

Source: Treehugger
10/08/05
taxing ideas

thomas carper, d-delaware: $1482017 maria cantwell, d-washington: $1264999 barbara boxer, d-california: $1172003 mary landrieu, d-louisiana: $1080014 bill nelson, d-florida: $1073014 sen. hillary rodham clinton, in the news with the ...

11/13/05
republican chances in 2006 (cross posted in different gop communities)

thomas carper, delaware (freshman sen) hillary clinton, new york debbie stabenow, michigan (swing state, won less than 50% in2000) ben nelson, nebraska (democrat in heavily republcian state. won only 51% in 2000) ...

11/13/05
republican chances in 2006 (cross posted in different gop communities)

thomas carper, delaware (freshman sen) hillary clinton, new york debbie stabenow, michigan (swing state, won less than 50% in2000) ben nelson, nebraska (democrat in heavily republcian state. won only 51% in 2000) ...

12/14/05
UPDATE: Sen. Reid supports filibuster! Call your Senatorsnow!

Delaware: Thomas Carper (202) 224-2441 Florida: Bill Nelson (202) 224-5274 Idaho: Mike Crapo (202) 224-6142 Indiana: Evan Bayh (202) 224-5623 and Richard Lugar (202) 224-4814 Kansas: Sam Brownback (202) 224-6521 ...

01/04/06
Dad29: Abramoff Gets Around--to the Democrats

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2000. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20250. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21765. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7500 ...

Source: Dad29
01/27/06
2006 senate leans democratic: but not enough for the big win yet

however, he's not the cleanest candidate around--though that rarely seems to bother cynical garden state voters--and he may have primary opposition, followed by a tough challenge from state sen. tom kean, jr., the son of the former, ...

02/01/06
Open Letter to the Democrat Senators that Confirmed Alito:

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) € Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) € Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) € Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) € Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) € Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) € Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) € Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) € Sen. ...

02/02/06
Yet another day goes by............

Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) € Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) € Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) € Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) € Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) € Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) € Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) € Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) €

06/04/06
north america - gore says don’t count on him running for president ...

joseph biden and thomas carper voted for it, with their own reservations. … gil spencer: archmere name game to be etched in stone the delaware county times, pa - 17 hours ago… the only capano boy not implicated in the fahey case was ...

06/13/06
Net Neutrality- Important!

Watch this very important short explaination. [ Save the Internet: Click here] How its shaping up in the Senate (call your Senator NOW!) Support Senate (Membership Total: 12) Sen. Barbra Boxer (D-CA) Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Sen. Christopher Dodd (D

06/27/06
How the Democrats voted for Iraq troop withdrawal

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). Against withdrawal by the end of the year: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Sen. Thomas Carper (D-DE) ...

06/30/06
Some Early US Senate Polling News

Sen. Diane Feinstein (D) Dick Mountjoy (R) Delaware - Considered Safe Sen. Thomas Carper (D) Jan Ting (R) Hawaii - Considered Safe Sen. Daniel Akaka (D) Mark Beatty (R) Massachusetts - Considered Safe Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) ...

07/03/06
Sen. Banking Committee Comments On Consumer Information Data ...

Senators Robert Bennett of Utah, the head of the Senate Banking financial institutions subcommittee and Thomas Carper of Delaware introduced a consumer information data security bill according to nationalunderwriter.com. ...

07/09/06
The best modern idea for reform of Government ever!

Editorial: Coburn's reform plan The Washington Times July 7, 2006 American citizens outraged over the uncontrollable spending habits of Congress and the White House have no better ally in Washington than Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn. The junior se

07/14/06
You should know: The U.S. Senate is not serious about border security

After making a big show in May about the need for beefed-up border security by voting to authorize 370 miles of fence in critical areas along the border with Mexico, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly DEFEATED a bill to fund it yesterday. "We do a lot of

07/15/06
Current Makeup of the United States Senate

Currently there are 100 members in the United States Senate; 55 Republicans, 44 Democrats and 1 independent. On these pages we will discuss in great detail what the likely makeup of the Senate will be after the mid term elections. During this election cycl

07/16/06
Site offers Smart Car preview

Site offers Smart Car preview St. Paul Pioneer Press - the staff that monitors the site, but more importantly will try to educate parents in how to teach their kids about Internet Offsetting those is the fact that the work is more interesting, and many lik

07/21/06
President Vetoes HR-810 on 7-10-06

Photo and Associated Press article courtesy of AP On July 18th, the Senate voted on three critical bioethics bills: 1) Santorum-Brownback: Fetus Farming Prohibition Act of 2006 (S. 3504) 2) Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act (S.

08/16/06
Marching In Lockstep With Little Ricky

YOU FILTHY, UNKEMPT LIBERAL BLOGGER, I hear you cry (some, anyway). HOW DARE YOU INVOKE THIS IMAGE AGAINST A CHRISTIAN MAN LIKE SEN. SANTORUM! (This is my response to the freeper discovered by the blogger Watertiger who stuck the little Hitler 'stache on

08/28/06
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act

Free Congress Foundation: "Senator Barack H. Obama (D-IL)...teamed with Coburn, Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE), Ranking Member on the FFM Subcommittee,...

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08/29/06
keeping a watchful eye

Find out where your senator stands here . http://porkbusters.org/secrethold.php Senators Tom Coburn and Barak Obama have proposed S.2590, legislation that would create a single website with access to information on nearly all recipients of federal fun

08/30/06
Secret Hold, Secret Senator

As of yesterday, PorkBusters’ Secret Hold page counted Stevens, Thomas Carper, Mel Martinez, Mike Crapo, Judd Gregg, Orrin Hatch, Robert Bennett and Jay Rockefeller, down from about 40 senators earlier in the week. ...

09/05/06
Democrats — Joined by General Wesley Clark — Release New Report on ...

... Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, and Senator Thomas Carper today joined General Wesley Clark and Sharon Burke, Director of the Third Way National Security Project to release "the Neo Con," ...

09/05/06
MEDIA ALERT: CSPAN: General Clark w/ Sen. Reid et. al. @ National ...

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid joins Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin; House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer; Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Carl Levin; Senator Thomas Carper; Gen. Wesley Clark ret., and Sharon ...

09/06/06
Senate Democrats cordial to Lieberman

Ken Salazar, D-Colo., Mary Landrieu, D-La., Mark Pryor, D-Ark., Thomas Carper, D-Del., and Ben Nelson, D-Neb.Lamont, the surprise winner of Connecticut's primary, also was in Washington Wednesday. He told reporters he will reach out ...

09/08/06
Democrat Hypocrisy On Intelligence

Tom Carper (D-DE): “Saddam Hussein Has Shown Himself To Be An Implacable Foe Of The United States. It Is Essential That We Confront The Threat That He Represents.” (Sen. Thomas Carper, Congressional Record, 10/10/02, p. S10311) Rep. ...

09/11/06
Congress, the Media, and Press C...

Senator Thomas Carper tried to convey Democrats as the party that has always backed the war on terror and identified himself as someone who seeks bipartisan solutions but the Bush administration making this endeavor impossible. ...

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