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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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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 ...
Carper bill would halt death of estate tax
Sen. Tom Carper has co-authored legislation that would fix the federal estate tax at its current levels and keep it from being ...
Disability denials troubling to leaders
...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
Health debate overlooks wellness programs
... 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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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 ...
Dems search for public option fix
...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
Social Security disability claims denied more often in Delaware
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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By Staff reports Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, ...
Schumer, centrists working on public option compromise
...option and other parts of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), said that Schumer and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) have been working with her and other centrists on finding an alternative to Reid's proposal. "Sen.Schumer's worki
How to amend, and not amend, the Senate health reform bill.
...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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By Staff reports Delaware Democratic senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman joined 56 other Democratic lawmakers, as well as two independents, ...
Reid: 'We can see the finish line'
...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
Snowe still in discussions with Obama about final health vote
...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
Alzheimer's Foundation of America Applauds Inclusion of Cognitive Impairment ...
... we thank United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NE), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), ...
Fat Fees and Smoker Surcharges: Tough-Love Health Incentives
John Ensign, Republican Senator from Nevada, and Tom Carper, Democratic Senator from Delaware, co-sponsored an amendment to the current health care bill ...
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said that Schumer and Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) have been working with her and other centrists on finding an alternative to Reid's proposal. "Sen. ...
Senate Readies for HCR Debate
Also prepare yourself for the brilliance of Tom Carper, this time with added burnish from Olympia Snowe, as he continues his quest for the triggered co-op. ...
Rewards, not penalties, in health care reform
...bill will help motivate people to adopt healthier behaviors. And that will lower overall health care costs for all Americans. Sen. John Ensign is a Republican from Nevada, while Sen. Tom Carper, a Democrat, is now the senior senator from Delaware. ...
Sen. Tom Carper on solving the issue of improper payments
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) said he is pleased that the administration is taking this step, but also noted that it's a complicated issue and the problem can't ...
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Olympia Snowe (R-ME) whether she'd been looped in on an idea, floated recently by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), to tweak her proposal to affix a public option to ...
RE: Thomas Carper
Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), also an EPW Committee member, took a softer approach to the gas tax hike earlier this week. On Tuesday, Carper said that he had ...
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Thursday, November 19.
Finally, Jon Walker reports that, "{l}ike a monster in some B horror movie," Tom Carper is now working with Olympia Snowe "to bring back the trigger, ...
Senate unveils its health reform plan
...a North Dakota Democrat, has pushed “co-ops,” or nonprofit, member-run insurance groups that would provide coverage, and Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat, is floating the idea of having the government set up a private, nonprofit firm that would
Del. gets $889404 in green jobs grants
TOM CARPER AND TED KAUFMAN -- The US Department of Labor has announced that Delaware will receive $889404 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds ...
Fat Fees And Smoker Surcharges
John Ensign, Republican Senator from Nevada, and Tom Carper, Democratic Senator from Delaware, co-sponsored an amendment to the current health care bill ...
White House: $98 billion in bad payments
...the administration requested $1.9 billion in federal funds to bolster accounting and monitoring of government spending. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, said in a statement Tuesday night that the news "shows that we have a lot to do here in the federal
RE: Thomas Carper
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, said in a statement Tuesday night that the news "shows that we have a lot to do here in the federal government when it comes ...
After nearly 25 years, NCCo Superior Court judge stepping down
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., submitted three names of Democrats to the White House in May, but the Obama administration has yet to send a nominee forward to the ...
Why the Senate Is So Trigger Happy
... hear is trigger: there's the Snowe trigger, the “hair” trigger and something Senator Tom Carper, a centrist Delaware Democrat, is calling the “hammer. ...
RE: Thomas Carper
Perhaps it has something to do with the donations received by Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) and Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)? If you'll notice, both Senators have ...
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