Carper Coy on Congress Capo Convo
How utterly sick would it be for Carper to be the Senate minority leader? The answer is, so nauseatingly sick.
Minority Spot Opens for Carper
With Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) retiring, the top Democratic spot would fall to the most senior Democrat left, Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.).
But Carper also could opt to stay on as ranking minority member at the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, an arguably less divisive committee.
Carper is still not showing his cards, however. He insists he’s focused on work in the lame-duck session—the agenda includes keeping the government open after mid-December—when the House and Senate resumes the 114th Congress after the election.
“I have not yet made a decision and think we have a lot of important work to accomplish in the 114th Congress before we start planning what we will do in the 115th,” Carper said in a prepared statement.
Why not? Democrats are a center-right party anyway.
You’re quoting from an old story and completely misinterpreting it.
The story is about the EPW committee slot, not minority leader.
Full story: https://www.google.com/amp/www.bna.com/fierce-opponent-climate-n57982082561/%3Famp%3Dtrue?client=safari
The story is already old, as Carper has taken the ranking member slot on EPW: http://www.carper.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/mobile/pressreleases?ID=BEBB705A-B572-45D5-B22E-62C3963BCCE6
This crowd sourced fact checking.is the beauty of logging. That and captivating headlines.
You guys really know a lot of facts about Carper.
He is an open book.