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Lucia Graves

Senator Questions Sexism In GOP Boycott Of Obama Nominee

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.14.2013 | Green
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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) questioned the Republican Party's commitment to women after Senate Republicans boycotted a vote for Gina McCarthy, the p...

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'Green News Report' - May 9, 2013

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.09.2013 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Tesla Motors, Green Jobs, Epa, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Green News Report, Green Energy, Coal, Gina McCarthy, Consumer Reports, Pipeline, Drought, Video, Colony Collapse Disorder, Fossil Fuels, Climate Science, Electric Cars, Anti-Science, Gop, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming Deniers, Air Pollution, Solar Power, Global Warming, Oregon, Energy, Bees, California, Environmental Health, Climate, Carbon Dioxide, Environmentalism, Tom Carper, Barack Obama, Arctic, Toxic Chemicals, Energy Efficiency, BRAD BLOG, Tipping Point, Green News, Fox News, Ocean Acidification, Sustainability, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Extreme Weather, David Vitter, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport FACEBOOK: Green News Report The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S...

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Another Dem Expresses Support For Gay Marriage

The Huffington Post | Sam Stein | Posted 04.02.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) became the latest Democrat to publicly support marriage equality, announcing the news on his Facebook page Tues...

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Christina Wilkie

Hallmark Sends Greeting To Congress

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
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WASHINGTON - Hallmark Cards Inc. is preparing to send Capitol Hill a special greeting this year. But it's not the sappy, well-wishing kind that made t...

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Senators Seek More Help After Disaster

AP | ANDREW MIGA and ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 11.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Chuck Schumer, Jay Rockefeller, Sandy Relief, Chris Coons, Frank Lautenberg, Tom Carper, Jack Reed, Video, Sheldon Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Sandy Damage, Hurricane Sandy, Sandy, Bob Menendez, Superstorm Sandy, Joe Lieberman, Joe Manchin, Kirsten Gillibrand, Barbara Mikulski, Storm Damage, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Thirteen senators from seven states damaged by Superstorm Sandy are asking President Obama to boost federal disaster aid to the states. ...

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Kevin Wade Loses To Carper

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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GOP Candidate Kevin Wade lost his bid to unseat Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del), projects the Associated Press. Wade had been considered a longshot for the...

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Tom Carper Wins

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics
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Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) has won re-election against GOP candidate Kevin Wade, the Associated Press projects. Carper, a two-term governor, has neve...

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AFSCME Fails to Derail Pat Quinn's High-Speed Rail Roll-Out

David Ormsby | Posted 12.25.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Governor Pat Quinn, Ann Schneider, Illinois Politics, Chicago Politics, Illinois High-Speed Rail, Joseph Szabo, Amtrak, Ray Lahood, Dick Durbin, Illinois AFSCME Council 31, Tom Carper, Chicago News
David Ormsby

Illinois AFSCME Council 31 attempted on Friday to derail Governor Pat Quinn's effort to showcase the roll-out of high-speed rail in Illinois. But their protest train remained stuck in the station.

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Dave Jamieson

Mail Fail: Postal Service To Default As Congress Breaks For Recess

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 07.31.2012 | Business
Read More: United States Postal Service Cuts, Patrick Donahoe, Labor, U.S. Postal Service, Postal-Reform-House, Postal Service, National Association of Letter Carriers, Post Office, Darrell Issa, Usps, Mail, Unions, Tom Carper, Postal Service Default, Business News

At midnight Wednesday, the U.S. Postal Service is expected to default on a multi-billion dollar payment owed to the Treasury, highlighting financial s...

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Big Bill Showdowns Leave Congress In Wary State

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 09.21.2012 | Politics
Read More: Postal Bill, Congress, Obama Administration, Collin Peterson, Democrats, Tom Carper, Offshore Drilling, House, Farm Bill, Video, Postal Service, Nancy Pelosi, Frank Lucas, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate-passed bills to cut farm subsidies and food stamps and overhaul the financially teetering Postal Service have been put on ho...

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

W. David Stephenson | Posted 03.11.2012 | Business
Read More: Xbrl, Gps, Open Data, Gov 2.0, Government, Obama Administration, Itdashboard, Tom Carper, Business News
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 | Politics
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 | Politics
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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 | Business
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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 | Politics
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 | Politics
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 | Politics
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 | Politics
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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 | Politics
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 | Green
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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 | Politics
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 | Politics
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 | Business
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 | Politics
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 | Green
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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