Tag: Tom Carper

Quote of the Day

Filed in Delaware by on May 15, 2009 1 Comment

Now we are seeing the credit card banks — one of Delaware’s most important industries — pleading poor mouth and dire financial straits if Congress put a cap on the top interest rates they charge customers. And in typical Delaware Way special interest response, Sens. Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman voted against the idea. [snip] […]

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What Tom Carper Does Not Get

Filed in National by on May 15, 2009 3 Comments

He does not get that being the Bank’s cabana boy is hurting the economy.

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Senator Carper — Stop Voting for Banks

Filed in Delaware by on May 9, 2009 14 Comments

MoveOn.org  produced this ad that calls out Senator Carper’s vote to stop the bill that would allow bankruptcy judges to adjust mortgage interest rates: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnLFW9RoM9s[/youtube] Call Senator Carper’s office at 202-224-2441 and tell him you’re disappointed in his vote against the mortgage modification legislation.  And just so you are clear about this — bankruptcy judges […]

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Comment Rescue: Ted Kaufman Totally Pwns Tom Carper

Filed in National by on May 1, 2009 13 Comments

Nancy Willing points us to this Ryan Grim story at HuffPo which reports that Carper pulled in 1.5 million from the bank lobby.  And what did the banker’s get for their investment? Not simply Carper’s vote on the Durbin amendment, but a PR flack embedded in the Senate. “Carper, however, the no vote from Delaware, […]

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Final Thought

Filed in National by on April 24, 2009 5 Comments
Final Thought

Sometimes I wonder if maybe Tom Carper is encouraging Castle to run for Senate, so they can go on riding Amtrak together for 6 more years. Castle would support Carper’s watered-down no-brainer environmental agenda, Carper would support Castle’s money picture schemes, and together they’d protect big corporations from consumers. I’m not saying Carper would actively […]

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Great Work Tom Carper & Mike Castle!

Filed in National by on March 29, 2009 8 Comments

Clearly, Reagan, Clinton and Bush I & II played their parts, but Carper and Castle had a front row seat to the financial services industry’s takeover of the government. Guess what side they were cheering on? The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a […]

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From the tipline…

Filed in National by on March 13, 2009 11 Comments

The Rachel Maddow Show, 3/4 the way through… a segment on ‘Conservadems’ prominently featuring Sen. Tom. He MUST GO!!! Rachel makes a great argument against the astounding stupidity of their opposition to the President’s policies. Thanks flutecake! Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Note: Please reserve the first comment […]

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Item Wanted

Filed in National by on February 23, 2009 9 Comments

…one of the Tom Carper self congratulation mailers. Also, any information on why in the world Carper is sending out mailers congratulating himself on voting for SCHIP. Thanks!

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Tom Carper “Intolerable”

Filed in National by on February 20, 2009 5 Comments

Carper is the second to worst Democrat in the Senate by voting record. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is the worst, but he comes from a “Strong Republican” district. There is a lot of data here. All of it condemns Tom Carper

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DelawareLiberal In The News

Filed in National by on February 19, 2009 10 Comments

You have to read between the lines, but Governor Markell did not initially invite Castle to the press conference on the economic recovery package money coming to Delaware. Carper had him added to the invitee list – but thanks to the white hot spotlight that DelawareLiberal turned on the situation, suddenly Castle “was unable to […]

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Day 16: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

Filed in National by on February 13, 2009 5 Comments
Day 16: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware

The only power in the universe than can keep Mike Castle in public life after this term is the power of Tom Carper’s love.

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Tom Carper, The President is Talking to You

Filed in National by on February 5, 2009 2 Comments

By way of a Washington Post Editorial… In recent days, there have been misguided criticisms of this plan that echo the failed theories that helped lead us into this crisis — the notion that tax cuts alone will solve all our problems; that we can meet our enormous tests with half-steps and piecemeal measures; that […]

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Carper Named to Senate Finance Committee

Filed in Delaware by on January 13, 2009 13 Comments

From the NJ — Tom Carper takes on an assignment to the Senate Finance Committee and gives up seats on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. He keeps his other assignments on Environment and Public Works and […]

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