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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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Biofuels feedstock neutrality amendment is added to Senate climate ...
In Washington, word has come through that an amendment — proposed by Senators Jeff Bingamann and Tom Carper that would ensure algae is recognized among biofuels feedstocks in the climate bill— has been added by Senator Barbara Boxer, ...
The IIIrd World: NYtimes/ClimateWire: Senate Climate Markup Set ...
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said he hoped the GOP lawmakers would ultimately back down from their boycott threat if they were promised a more complete study before the floor debate, which is widely expected to come early next year. ...
D. Brad Wright: A Choice of Options
There's the "trigger option" favored heavily by moderate Republican Olympia Snowe, the "opt-in option" introduced by Democrat Tom Carper, and the "opt-out option," which is essentially Democrat Chuck Schumer's careful
A who's who of health care reform - Carrie Budoff Brown and ...
If the Democratic leadership expects to pass the most far-reaching legislation in 40 years, it needs an assist from a bona fide deal maker such as Sen. Chuck Schumer and an emerging one such as Sen. Tom Carper. There are also wild cards ...
Health Care Bill Contains Provision For Calorie Counts For Fast ...
Exemptions include items that will be on the menu for less than 60 days — and limited test runs of food products. It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper's LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. ...
“It's my nature.” | PoliPundit.com
Then Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) was forced to publicly confirm the deal, when it came up for a vote in the Senate Finance Committee. PhRMA kept up its end of the bargain. Here in Washington state, I've seen many gauzy ads asking me to ...
Homeearth Security: Climate Progress
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said he hoped the GOP lawmakers would ultimately back down from their boycott threat if they were promised a more complete study before the floor debate, which is widely expected to come early next year. ...
U.S. State Level Opt Out And The Public Option | The Gov Monitor
Tom Carper of Delaware and Chuck Schumer of New York promoted the novel idea of a state-level “opt-out.” If particular jurisdictions do not like a public option, they simply can exit the government health insurance system for uninsured ...
Buried In The Health Care Bill: Calorie Labeling On Restaurant Menus
...that will be on the menu for less than 60 days — and limited test runs of food products. It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper’s LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), earlier this year. The idea
Buried In The Health Care Bill: Calorie Labeling On Restaurant ...
It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper's LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), earlier this year. (…) The idea is popular among progressives and public health types who think it ...
Northern Light: The last stand on HealthCare
Senator Tom Carper, DL (202)224-2441. Olympia Snowe, ME (she was for this all along, then opposed it!) (202)224- 5344. Senator Joe Lieberman, (encourage him to continue to oppose this.) (Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday it's worth ...
Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Buried In The Health Care Bill ...
It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper's LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), earlier this year. (…) The idea is popular among progressives and public health types who think it ...
The Delaware Business Ledger - Newark, DE > Archives > News ...
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, a Democrat, issued the following: "I am sure this was a tough decision for Congressman Castle to make. Mike will be a very formidable candidate. However, I am convinced the Democrats will have an equally formidable ...
KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'……….. » Blog Archive » OBAMA'S TRANSPARENCY ...
It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper's LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), earlier this year. Such labeling can have a significant impact on consumption habits. ...
Liberals seeing cracks in centrist skepticism of public option ...
The exact details of the opt-out compromise, originally conceived by centrist Democratic Sen. Tom Carper (Del.) and heavily promoted by the liberal Schumer, have not been disclosed by Reid or any other Democrat as they await a ...
The Contemporary Conservative: What, I'll get fat eating fast food ...
It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper's LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), earlier this year….The idea is popular among progressives and public health types who think it could ...
Pajamas Media » Health Care Reform End Game Emerges
... continuum from 90-pound weakling (a trigger, favored by Maine's Olympia Snowe) to robust (the public option everywhere, favored by “progressives”), is stronger than an opt-in public option (favored by Delaware Senator Tom Carper). ...
Energy and Global Warming News for October 30: Coal industry knew ...
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said he hoped the GOP lawmakers would ultimately back down from their boycott threat if they were promised a more complete study before the floor debate, which is widely expected to come early next year. ...
News Headlines - Health care issues: Public plan compromises ...
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., has suggested leaving the decision to states, and giving them a menu of options from public coverage to their own employee health plans. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., got an amendment included in the Senate ...
Should We Be OK With The PhRMA Deal With White House ...
"I wasn't a party to any deal," said Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), telling HuffPost that he is cobbling together support for amendments that would bust the Big Pharma deal by allowing the government to negotiate with drug companies for lower
Hill Heat : Senate Watch, Targets and Allocations: Bond, Byrd ...
Tom Carper (D-DE). E&E News Carper said he would pursue his measure to cut power plants' emissions of soot, mercury, SOx and NOxas stand-alone legislation if it does not make it into the bill. “One way or another,” he said. ... Reuters An aide
LEAVING NORMAL: HEALTH CARE BILLealth care bill: Calorie counts ...
It merges the language of Sen. Tom Carper's LEAN Act the MEAL Act, sponsored by Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), earlier this year. But conservatives and libertarians see it as a major encroachment of the nanny state ...
Health care issues: Public plan compromises | Washington Examiner
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., has suggested leaving the decision to states, and giving them a menu of options from public coverage to their own employee health plans. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., got an amendment included in the Senate ...
Smart Climate Policy: Daily Climate News: Sen. Carper Hopes to ...
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said he hoped to include his legislation to require cuts in SO2, NOx and mercury emissions in the Senate climate change bill, Environment and Energy Daily reported. Carper was quoted as saying: "I haven't given ...
Sen. Carper's Black Carbon Plan Gets Final Congressional Approval
...29, 2009 -- WASHINGTON – A plan to help reduce black carbon emissions, authored by Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), was included in the final Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 2996), which passed the Se
Baucus opposition chills climate bill - Lisa Lerer - POLITICO.com
The California Democrat stressed the importance of other committee members, including moderate Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), who played a major role in negotiating a deal with coal-state members and is expected to back the legislation. ...
Senate Dems To Obama: Um, a Little Help Here? | blog.cagle.com - main
Supporters of the public plan have made headway by seizing on a proposed compromise first introduced by Delaware Senator Tom Carper — a proposal under which the federal government would create some sort of national public plan, ...
House health debate hits crunch time - Patrick O'Connor - POLITICO.com
Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Web contact: http://carper.senate.gov/conta... / Phone: (202) 224-2441. Contributions summary: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=... Issue Ratings: http://senate.ontheissues.org/. ...
Brown Calls on Banks and Loan Servicers to Detail Plans to Stem ...
WASHINGTON, DC - June 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — As part of ongoing efforts to stabilize the housing market and ensure banks and loan servicers are being held accountable, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) joined 19 other senators in signing ...
Streetsblog Capitol Hill » A Republican Returns to Congress With A ...
Still, he makes clear that the 3-percent share should grow as the process goes on -- a banner that Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) is poised to carry when the first votes on the legislation occur (expected next month). ...
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