Tom Carper

Open Government Data: Not Just Good Policy, But Economically Sound

W. David Stephenson | Posted 03.11.2012

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W. David Stephenson

It's time for those on both the right and left concerned about the cost and efficiency of government to join in: opening up data makes hard economic sense as well.

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Hedge-Fund Titans Got Inside Political Tips

New York | Jonathan Chait | Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Eric Potoker, Insider Trading, Hedge Funds, Viking Global, Scott Zinober, Health Care Reform, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Karsch Capital, Barack Obama, Tom Carper, Inside DC, Politics News

I'm surprised this Wall Street Journal story, detailing how hedge funds manage to obtain profitable inside information, hasn’t gotten more attention...

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Is Booze The Key To Saving The Postal Service?

Posted 12.14.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Scott Brown, Fedex, Video, Ups, Congress, U.S. Postal Service, Postal Service Alcohol, Alcohol, Joe Lieberman, Postal Service Wine, Mail, Tom Carper, 21st Century Postal Service Reform Act, Postal Service Beer, Politics News

The eagle is struggling to fly. Growing financial grief has placed the U.S. Postal Service in a difficult bind. As it plans to close hundreds of m...

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Problems Persist With Contractors Paid To Ferret Out Medicare Fraud

AP | KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Tom Coburn, Medicare Fraud Contractors, Fraud Hot Spots, Medicare Fraud Cost, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Malcolm Sparrow, Health and Human Services, Medicare Fraud, Tom Carper, Business News

MIAMI — Contractors paid tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to detect fraudulent Medicare claims are using inaccurate and inconsistent data th...

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Senators Save Postal Service From The Brink

AP | By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Susan Collins, Scott Brown, Video, United States Postal Service, Postal Service, Post Office, Postal Service Pension Costs, Usps, Pension Costs, Joe Lieberman, Tom Carper, US Postal Service, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Senators announced a bipartisan plan Wednesday to help keep the financially ailing Postal Service solvent and continue six-day mail deli...

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Dave Jamieson

Postal Service Finances As Bad As They Sound: Auditors

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: United States Postal Service Cuts, Labor, Video, U.S. Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, Postal Service, Darrell Issa, Usps, Gao Report, Gao, Unions, Postal Service Default, Tom Carper, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Federal auditors released a report Thursday that found, contrary to other findings, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has not been overpayi...

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170,000 Medicare Recipients Scored Large Amount of Painkillers From Multiple Doctors, Report Finds

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Scott Brown, Video, Medicare Drug Benefit, Medicare Drug Plans, Prescription Drugs, Medicare, Drug Abuse, Tom Carper, Prescription Drug Abuse, Government Accountability Office, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Drug abusers are exploiting Medicare prescription's benefit to score large quantities of painkillers, and taxpayers have to foot most of...

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Dave Jamieson

Postmaster General Warns Of Default, Pleads For Congressional Help

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: United States Postal Service Cuts, Post Office Default, Video, United States Postal Service, Post Office Bankrupt, Postal Service, Usps, Postal Service Bankrupt, Postmaster General, Tom Carper, Postal Service Default, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The postmaster general pleaded with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to pass legislation that would help the postal service right it...

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The U.S. Must Learn How to Spend Smarter

Sen. Tom Carper | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Deficit Reduction, Deficit Commission, Federal Budget Deficit, Tom Carper, Politics News
Sen. Tom Carper

Making across-the-board cuts to government programs to lower the deficit is tempting, but it won't foster the economic growth needed to realize our deficit reduction goals.

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Finding 'Triple Happiness' by Saving Taxpayer Money, Saving Energy and Creating Jobs

Sen. Tom Carper | Posted 07.11.2011

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Sen. Tom Carper

If we're serious about addressing our federal budget deficit and restoring our nation's fiscal soundness for my own children and for yours, then we can't keep wasting billions of taxpayer dollars on energy costs that could be avoided.

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Elise Foley

Lieberman: Don't Count On Dems To Raise Debt Limit Without Deficit Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: John Cornyn, White House, Debt, Deficit, Senate, Debt Ceiling, Joseph Lieberman, Debt Limit, Senate Dems, Deficit Reduction, Max Baucus, Obama, Joe Lieberman, Senate Democrats, Democratic Caucus, Tom Carper, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) warned on Tuesday that he and many Democrats would oppose increasing the debt limit without measures for...

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Elise Foley

Dems Form Group To Cut Spending

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debt Ceiling, Mark Udall, Environmental Reform, Balanced Budget Amendment, Kay Hagan, Budget Cuts, Moderates, Senate Democrats, Moderate Democrats, Senate Moderates, Education Reform, Third Way, Tom Carper, 112th Congress, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As tension builds over compromise between the GOP-led House and Democrat-led Senate, Democratic Sens. Tom Carper, Mark Udall and Kay Hag...

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Chris Kirkham

Is The Military Ensuring Quality Education For Soldiers?

HuffingtonPost.com | Chris Kirkham | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Higher Education, Department of Defense, Military, College, For-Profit Colleges, Dod, Department of Veterans Affairs, Tom Harkin, Tom Carper, Senator Tom Carper, Gao, Senator Tom Harkin, Government Accountability Office, Business News

The Department of Defense has doled out increasing amounts of federal money in recent years to allow active-duty military personnel to pursue college ...

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Christine O'Donnell, Victorious Opponent Bury The Hatchet -- Literally

AP | RANDALL CHASE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine O'donnell Delaware Senate, Mike Castle, 2010 Elections, Tom Carper, Delaware Senate Race, Chris Coons, Delaware, Christine O'donnell, Delaware Senate 2010, 2010 Delaware Senate, Politics News

GEORGETOWN, Del. — After their bruising U.S. Senate battle, Democratic senator-elect Chris Coons and his defeated Republican opponent Christine ...

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The Latest Oil Platform Accident Is a Grim Reminder of Our Energy Challenges

Sen. Tom Carper | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Bp, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Green Energy, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Tom Carper, Green News
Sen. Tom Carper

Ironically, the latest oil rig explosion occurred as Louisiana's governor, along with other state and local officials, were calling on President Obama to lift the moratorium on deepwater drilling that he imposed three months ago.

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Senator Seeks Deadline For Medicare To Prevent Prescription Drug Fraud

Center For Public Integrity | Joe Eaton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taxpayer-funded Medicare recently spent more than $1 billion on drug prescriptions missing a valid doctor identification number and a Senate Democrat ...

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The "Kill" Bill: Obama, the Internet and the Beginning of a Congressional Odyssey

Christina Gagnier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Checks and Balances, Cyber Attack, Internet, Fema, Congress, Constitution, Internet Kill Switch, Cybersecurity, Joe Lieberman, Obama, Tom Carper, Pcnaa, Technology News
Christina Gagnier

While PNCAA (the so-called "Internet Kill Switch" bill) seems to advocate a cross-sectoral approach to tackling cybersecurity threats, it doesn't use private sector best practices when establishing what is supposed to be a response to potential "cyber warfare."

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Who Will Your Senator Stand With Now?

Dylan Ratigan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Senator Chris Dodd, Primaries, Fraudsters, Cloture, Brown-Kaufman Bill, Real Financial Reform, Banking Crisis, Brazen, Audit the Fed, Eliot Spitzer, Vitter, Tom Carper, Politics News
Dylan Ratigan

Once again, this financial "reform" process has brought into the light our politicians' brazen willingness to aid the same fraudsters who have brought a great nation to its knees.

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Five Reasons the Carper Amendment Must Be Defeated

Stacy Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Attorney General, Financial Reform, Banks, Preemption, Chris Dodd, Big Banks, Tom Carper, Business News
Stacy Mitchell

The Carper amendment to financial reform would hamstring states and prevent them from catching and stopping dangerous consumer lending practices before they metastasize into another crisis.

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Tom Carper Is Attacking Consumers and Defending Wall Street

Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whitehouse, Elizabeth Warren, Wall Street Bailout, Bailout, Wall Street Reform, Deregulation, Dugan, Preemption, Dodd, Obama, Bank Bailout, Consumer Protection, Tom Carper, Business News
Zach Carter

There are two consumer protection amendments getting serious attention on the Senate floor this week, one of them positive, one of them incredibly destructive -- the kind of amendment that can actually sink the bill if adopted.

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Dan Froomkin

Student Loan Overhaul Taking Filibuster-Proof Route To Overcome Corporate Opposition

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tom Carper, Jim Webb, Student Loans, Direct Student Loans, Federal Financial Aid, Sallie Mae, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, Nelnet, Safra, Ben Nelson, Mark Warner, Blanche Lincoln, Bill Nelson, Politics News

Having finally decided to use the filibuster-proof budget reconciliation process to push health-care reform over the finish line, Democratic leaders h...

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Ryan Grim

Bernie Sanders Pushes Back On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lieberman, Public Option, Sherrod Brown, Senate Health Care Bill, Tom Carper, Health Care Reform, Mary Landrieu, Health Bill, Joe Lieberman, Health Care, Roland Burris, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

While conservative members of the Democratic caucus threaten to block passage of health care reform if it includes a public health insurance option, a...

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Sam Stein

Schumer: Senate Dems Will "Come Together On A Public Option"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Chuck Schumer said on Sunday that Democrats in the Senate would agree on a public option for insurance coverage, though the proposal will be d...

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New Public Option: Tom Carper Leads Health Care Charge For Senate Democrats

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new measure on the public option will be unveiled next week, which Senate Democratic leaders hope will break the logjam on healthcare reform. Sen. ...

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The Public Option Lives On

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Jay Rockefeller, Robert Reich, Public Option, Kent Conrad, Olympia Snowe, Public Plan, Health Insurance, Robert Menendez, Insurance Companies, Tom Carper, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Health Care, Obama Public Option, Bill Nelson, Politics News
Robert Reich

The public option lives on. It's still in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension bill. It still headlines the House bills, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she's still committed to it.

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