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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)
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- Sen. Olympia Snowe
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- Sen. Evan Bayh
- Sen. Thomas Coburn
- Votes with party 91%
- Abstains: 0%
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In progressive victory, Reid sends public option to floor ...
The day's bottom line: For a non-triggered public option not to reach the president's desk at this point, a Democratic senator will have to join Republicans and publicly filibuster the entire health care reform. To block public option, a senator w
Carper bill would make Delaware sites into historical park - Dover ...
Sen. Tom Carper, who co-authored the bill with Sen. Ted Kaufman, said its taken years to produce a workable proposal for a national park in Delaware. The current plan is the result of a 2005 National Park Service study commissioned by ...
Stimulus money to fund nearly $11m in county wastewater projects ...
U.S. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), Tarburton, and state and local officials gathered at a farm near Selbyville where construction material was stockpiled. “This is what we had in mind when the Recovery Act was signed into law,” said Senator ...
How Reid Found His Silver Bullet: Opt-Out Pitched Just 3 Weeks Ago
The compromise proposal that turned out to be the senator's solution for the public option impasse -- allowing states to opt-out of the system -- first came to his attention only three weeks ago, an aide confirmed. ... Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Chuck Sc
Blast Off!: Opt-out: still a bad idea for Florida
Y.), after consulting with Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), one of the five Democratic senators who voted against Sen. Jay Rockefeller's (D-W. Va.) public option proposal in the Senate Finance Committee last week (another was Florida's own ...
Analysis: Doctors Targeted In Health Care Debate | Hartford Business
Passage of Nelson's proposal ``may well undermine our ability to pass comprehensive health care reform in this Congress and I think that would be a great tragedy,'' Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., said shortly before the vote. ...
Senate Health Care Bill Will Include Public Option - Regulation ...
According to Mr. Loss, the public option will likely be some version of a proposal by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, which envisions a public option with a trigger. Her proposal would be twinned with a proposal from Senator Tom Carper, ...
1150AM WDEL • WDEL.com • Dependable News, Delaware's Views
Delaware attorney general Beau Biden, Senator Tom Carper, and Katie Wilkinson of Wilmington Trust will be among the 150 government and business leaders taking part in the program. The guest principal will take part in the daily school ...
Moderates Will Determine Fate Of Public Option In Health Bills ...
"Appearing on CNN's State of the Union with John King, Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said that he believes Democrats will implement a public option of some kind if they get enough votes to break cloture in an upcoming Senate floor vote. ... Th
Moderate Democrats hold health bill's fate in their hands - Kansas ...
Added Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La. "I don't believe Americans want a (new) government-run health care system."Democrats control 60 of the 100 Senate seats, enough to overcome procedural hurdles if they stick together. ...
Booker Rising: News: Political Parties
The informal centrist roster includes Indiana's Sen. Evan Bayh and Nebraska's Sen. Ben Nelson - as well as Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware, Sen. Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut (an independent who caucuses with the Democrats), Sen. ...
Patrick O'Mahen: Health care and pig products | The Michigan Daily
Enter Sen. Tom Carper (D–Del.), who suggests providing a public option that states can opt to join. Carper's plan is a pig with wings — but it needs one more adjustment to fly. The problem is that putting the burden on state governments ...
Obama's Pointless Pursuit of Olympia Snowe : One Penny Sheet
Sen. John Kerry hurried by, but stopped himself long enough to bestow upon Snowe a lordly embrace. “O, we love her!” he announced. Sen. Tom Carper testified to her brilliance. “Olympia's terrific, as you know,” he said. ...
» Senate Mods Warm to Public Option Compromise The Speakers Lobby ...
Kent Conrad, D-ND, that would create a system of nonprofit cooperatives, and merge it with a states-based approach to a national plan authored by Sen. Tom Carper, D-DE. "It's evolving. At this point...some solid compromise is possible," ...
House, Senate Showdown Over FISMA
On some basic points, the House bill would be similar to one introduced in the Senate in April by Sen. Tom Carper, D.-Del. Both measures would direct federal agencies to use real-time metrics to determine the true security of their IT ...
Liberals confident in public plan chances - TheHill.com
Under this proposal -- originally conceived by centrist Democratic Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and modified and heavily promoted by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a prominent public option supporter – the public option would launch ...
Consumer Directed Healthcare » Shunned Illinois senator suddenly ...
He won't vote, for example, for Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe's idea to use the threat of a public option to force insurers to lower premiums by certain deadlines. He hasn't seen the details of another idea, proposed by Sen. Tom Carper ...
Prestige Academy celebrates new building - Hockessin, DE - The ...
Joseph Jacklin, the student speaker of the morning, shakes U.S. Sen. Tom Carper's hand at the ribbon cutting with U.S. Rep. Mike Castle (back left) and Don Mell, chair of the Prestige Academy Board of Directors (back right). ...
Centrist plan gains steam
...– a government plan that individual states could elect not to join –grew out of efforts at crafting a compromise by Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), the vice chair of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council. It’s arguably trigger by another name – a
Moderate Democrats hold health bill's fate in their hands | McClatchy
The informal centrist roster includes senators who have broken with the party the most this year -- Indiana's Evan Bayh and Nebraska's Ben Nelson -- as well as Tom Carper of Delaware, Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut (an ... Nelson and Sen. Olympia
The Case Against Including An Opt-Out Public Plan In The Senate Bill
...with respect to the industry.” - Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND): “I’ve been assured it would not be tied to Medicare rates.” - Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE): “I think there’s interest in seeing if we’re going to have some kind of national plan run by a
Rick Ungar - The Policy Page – 58 senate votes for public option ...
The Senate whip count suggests that there are now 58 votes in support of a cloture vote that would open the door to Sen. Tom Carper's opt-out public option – short of the 60 to force cloture but more than enough to pass a bill including ...
NOW! Blog » Daily Health Care News - 10/23/09
After a meeting with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) discussed the status of the public plan in the Senate health care bill with reporters. Here's what he said: ...
Senate Briefing Focuses on “Moving Cooler” Report | TheCityFix.com
Recognizing the profound link between transportation and climate change panel-member Paul Schmid, Legislative Assistant to Senator Tom Carper (D-Delaware), said that what's needed is strong federal “transportation bill with a climate ...
Rants, Raves and Rethoughts: "Likely Public Option"
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) tells TPMDC that as it stands now the merged Senate health care reform bill is likely to include a public option with some form of an opt out for states. If you're like "WTF is an opt out public option? ...
HCAN's Kirsch: We'll Weigh In On Public Option When It's Actually ...
Moments ago, I spoke with Richard Kirsch, campaign director for Health Care for America Now. I described the public option proposal that's being considered in the Senate (outlined by Sen. Tom Carper here) and asked whether it would meet ...
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Libs to Reid: Public option or else
After a meeting with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) discussed the status of the public plan in the Senate health care bill with reporters. Here's what he said:”I think at the end of the day there will ...
Public Option 'Opt-out' Proposal Could be in Final Health Bill ...
The latest iteration would establish a national public option run by a not-for-profit board from which states would elect to opt out under certain circumstances, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said after a meeting of Democrats on the Finance ...
Carper: Senate Bill Will Include A National Public Plan With An Opt Out
...The piece noted that Carper's measure "won praise from some in his... The Public Option Compromises: An Interview With Sen. Tom Carper voices.washingtonpost.com 20 days ago — Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) has emerged as a possible dealmaker on the public
Landrieu blasts public option
...Would Likely ... — tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — After a meeting with Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) discussed the status of the public plan in the Senate health care bill with reporters. Here's what he said:
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