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Five Senate Democrats could retire ahead of the 2024 elections in America, relinquishing their seats to fresh faces as Republicans seek to gain control of the upper chamber. Following the retirement announcements of two prominent Senate Democrats earlier this year, the question remains over which other senators will step aside and forgo what could be a potentially bruising round of elections for the party as Democrats seek to defend a majority of the seats up for grabs next cycle. Last month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., became the latest senator to announce she would not seek re-election in 2024, following in...

During a Wednesday appearance on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) stressed the importance of helping the countries that people are flocking from to the United States. According to Carper, the “issue” at the border is not a result of the conditions at the border, but rather the countries that are full of “crime” and “corruption.”

Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware was seen joining a Senate hearing from a train while not wearing a mask despite President Biden’s executive order mandating masks be worn on public transportation. “Senator Carper is zooming on a train during a hearing,” CSPAN’s Jeremy Art tweeted Wednesday of a Senate hearing on drinking water and wastewater infrastructure. If I'm jumping around, it's because the train is jumping around. I'm not jittery,” Carper, a Democrat, said, adding that it was the first time joining a hearing in such a setting. Some social media users pointed out that Biden signed an executive order...

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduces a bill aimed at making Washington D.C. a state. Carper took to Twitter Wednesday to discuss his efforts to “give the over 700,000 D.C. residents a voice, vote and full representation in Congress.” The so-called ‘Washington D.C. Admissions Act‘ has received support from several members of the Democrat party. However, Republicans are concerned making D.C. a state will place two more Democrats in the Senate. Democrats would need at least 60 votes in the upper chamber to pass the proposal, but they may only need a simple majority if the filibuster is abolished.

<p>Democrat U.S. Senator Tom Carper of Delaware is assisting Middle Eastern seaports company Gulftainer in taking over U.S. strategic ports, threatening U.S. critical infrastructure and U.S. national security.</p> <p>Senator Carper is closely tied to longtime U.S. adversaries Iran and the Vietnamese communist regime, despite the fact that Senator Carper served in Vietnam.</p>

Donald Trump Jr. mocked Democratic Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) on Friday over a decades-old admission of domestic violence after the senator criticized a member of the White House staff. In a tweet, the president's son brought up Carper's 1998 admission that he once slapped his wife, giving her a black eye. The incident was reported in a 1982 New York Post article that claimed his wife's two children from a previous relationship "were slapped around and bruised by Carper for doing such things as leaving the family dog on the bed." Carper said late last year that he never lied...

Delaware senator Tom Carper admitted to slapping his wife in a 1998 interview with a veteran political journalist in the state, confirming an accusation he denied when first running for Congress. *snip* "Did I slap my wife 20 years ago? Yes," Carper said. "Do I regret it? Yes. Would I do it again? No."

Senate Democrats are planning an all-night talkathon Thursday over President Trump's pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Asked whether Democrats are planning to hold the floor all night, a spokeswoman for Sen. Tom Carper (Del.) — the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee — confirmed that "that's the plan." A spokesman for Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) directed questions to Carper's office but noted that Democrats aren't planning to yield back debate time. The late-night floor drama comes after senators voted to move forward with Scott Pruitt's nomination earlier Thursday in a 54-46 vote....

"She works hard for the money!" Got that? And if you don't, Senator Tom Carper of Delaware repeats it over and over again in reference to Hillary Clinton who he introducing at a rally. To make it even worse Carper, lacking all sense of self awareness, even tries to get the audience whom he condescendingly treats like simpletons to chant the same line. Carper's performance was so embarrassing that even ABC News had to laugh at him.

FinCEN’s rulings on cryptocurrency compliance yesterday have drawn praise from a congressional leader. He nevertheless cautioned government agencies to continue working together on a cohesive strategy to deal with virtual currency. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del) praised the Treasury-based agency for releasing the two rules, which exempted miners from MSB licensing, and also clarified rules for businesses that wanted to buy and sell bitcoins for their own purposes.

For the second time in a week, local gasoline prices have increased - this time to more than $3 a gallon, a price the local area hasn't seen since the fall of 2008. And gas prices across the country could rise by another 25 cents in the near future if a proposed federal fuel tax is enacted. "I wasn't very happy," Domino's Pizza driver Mary Wise said of the weekend price hike. Wise uses her personal vehicle to deliver for Domino's on Second Street in Marietta. "I probably spend around $10 to $15 a day on gas, but I live...

OCTOBER 07, 2009 State-Run Health Plans Garner Support By GREG HITT and JANET ADAMY WASHINGTON -- Some influential centrist Democrats in the Senate are warming to a compromise that envisions health-insurance plans run by state governments, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger added his voice Tuesday to a small group of Republicans expressing support for a Democratic-led overhaul plan. (snip) California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, shown at a conference last month, voiced support Tuesday for the Democrat-led health overhaul. A new proposal by Sen. Tom Carper would spell out how to boost competition in the private market by enacting government-run plans at...

<p>The Senate Finance Committee released on Friday evening the text of the health-care bill that committee members will vote on next week, the result of nearly two weeks of committee debate and amendments.</p>

A fascinating moment of candor captured by CNS, ostensibly offered as proof that Carper’s lazy but actually much more troubling than that. If this were a simple case of a senator showing disinterest in his work, the problem’s easily solved: Vote him out and get a new senator. The thing is, he’s right about legislative language being incomprehensible, especially when, as in the case of ObamaCare, the subject matter has to be reconciled with so many other provisions of existing commercial law. Essentially, it’s an endless labyrinth of cross-referencing other statutes; you’d have to have the entire U.S. Code in...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senators from two Northeast states urged U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to commit $400 million from the economic stimulus package to support an advanced wind energy program, especially for offshore wind projects. The lawmakers want money budgeted for the department's energy efficiency and renewable energy activities set aside for developing domestic wind energy technologies so the United States can be compete with foreign wind companies. . . . . . The letter was sent by Maine Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and Delaware Senators Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman.

The Bachelor and Dancing With the Stars head into the final lap. An update on the latest on these two reality shows and lots of speculation on who might win. Plus, a reason why Delaware's mealy-mouth Senator Carper wants to surrender in Iraq and the guy does make quitting and running sound righteous. Plus a good story for political junkees about a local election and the national implications of same.

Live webcast of debate between Delaware Junior Senator Tom Carper (D) and Jan Ting (R). Starts at noon EST. You can submit questions and participate in the forum.

The President signed S.2590 into law this morning. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act mandates the Office of Management and Budget to create an online, searchable database of all government contracts, grants, and awards greater than $25,000. The full text of the bill can be found here Here is a transcript from the signing ceremony: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9:47 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated -- except for you all. (Laughter.) Welcome. Every April, Americans sit down and fill out their tax returns, and they find out how much of their hard-earned money is coming here to Washington. Once the...

Capano's execution date delayed Another delay for the execution of Tom Capano. Superior Court Judge Henley Graves today stayed the June seventh execution date he set nearly two months ago. The stay will allow Capano's appeal to the Delaware Supreme Court to be considered. Capano was sentenced to death for the murder of Anne Marie Fahey in 1996. Prosecutors said Capano killed Fahey, the scheduling secretary for then-governor Tom Carper, because she was breaking off an affair with him. The Delaware Supreme Court is still also considering a motion by Capano's attorney, Joseph Bernstein, to appoint a lawyer to represent...

Frustrated by the Bush administration's air pollution policies, Democratic Sen. Thomas Carper plans to block the Senate from confirming President Bush's nominee to become administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Delaware senator is "going to place a hold on the nomination of Stephen Johnson to be head of the EPA," Carper's spokesman, Bill Ghent, said Thursday. All senators have the power to hold up the confirmation of a nominee. The White House had no immediate comment. Carper has complained about what he describes as stonewalling by the White House and EPA over data requested during the past several years...