Senator Thomas Carper

Democrat  •  Delaware  •  7th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2007 - 2012 View All
  • Votes with party 91%
  • Abstains: 0%

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11/19/09
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 Carp...

11/18/09
White House: $98 billion in bad pa...

...the administration requested $1.9 billion in federal funds to bolster accounting and monitoring of government spending. Sen. Tom Carpe...

Source: CNN/Money
11/18/09
White House: $98 billion in bad pa...

...the administration requested $1.9 billion in federal funds to bolster accounting and monitoring of government spending. Sen. Tom Carpe...

Source: CNN/Money
11/18/09
Questionable government payments o...

...who receive overpayments and by offering bonuses to local governments and other entities that reduce improper payments. Sen. Tom Carpe...

11/18/09
More than $98 billion in improper ...

...Affairs: $1.2 billion, or 2.7 percent. That included improper payments in the pension and other compensation programs. Sen. Tom Carpe...

11/18/09
More than $98 billion in improper ...

...Affairs: $1.2 billion, or 2.7 percent. That included improper payments in the pension and other compensation programs. Sen. Tom Carper...

11/17/09
There's a new green bus on campus

...two fuel cell buses are a tremendous step forward," said Rep. Mike Castle, R-Del., who was at the event on Monday along with Sen. Tom ...

11/17/09
Carper drafting alternative health...

...Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., is working on an alternative to the government-run health insurance proposal that Majority Leader Harry Reid ...

11/16/09
Christie's Del. roots run deep

Sen. Tom Carper got his political science MBA from Delaware in 1975. The university can certainly boast that Delaware is "the epicenter ...

Source: The News Journal
11/16/09
Wilmington high-rise plan to be pr...

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., will join Baker and Purnell in giving presentations on how the stimulus money will be spent. The event will be ...

Source: The News Journal

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11/19/09
Report Says Federal Govt Wasted $9...

Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) chairs a Senate panel on federal financial management. He worries that the OMB data “may still be just the ti...

Source: US News
11/19/09
$98 Billion in Improper Payments |...

Democrat Tom Carper, chairman of the Senate subcommittee on federal financial management, seemed to partly understand the broader meaning...

11/19/09
ALL EYES ON OBAMA: Finance and Cre...

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn), $442080. Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del), $409982. Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), $395400. Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), $374...

11/19/09
Improper US Government Payments Hi...

“It goes without saying that these results would be completely unacceptable in the private sector, as they should be in government, espec...

11/18/09
Happy Hour Roundup | The Plum Line

“Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who supports abortion rights, said Reid's new provisions would preserve the Hyde amendment while enabling peo...

11/18/09
Improper US Government Payments Hi...

“It goes without saying that these results would be completely unacceptable in the private sector, as they should be in government, espec...

11/18/09
Senate Health Care Vote | Politica...

Tom Carper believes he has a compromise that may appease Democratic skeptics: a public plan that would go into effect immediately on the ...

11/18/09
Streetsblog Capitol Hill » 'This N...

Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), a member of the environment panel, asked Kienitz whether the administration was planning for a new transportation...

11/18/09
Govt Report: Over $98B Wasted in I...

Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., who chairs a Senate panel on federal financial management, said he worried that the latest numbers “may still be...

11/18/09
Improper Government Payments Hits ...

“It goes without saying that these results would be completely unacceptable in the private sector, as they should be in government, espec...

Official website: http://carper.senate.gov
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513 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-2441
Fax: 202-228-2190

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