Thomas Carper
Senator Delaware
Elected 2000
Committees:
Environment and Public Works
Finance
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Ratings for 2010:
Liberal: less
defense spending
protect
civil liberties, human rights
ACLU American Civil
Liberties Union 93
Protect
individuals from legal infringements on rights
Liberal
labor
LCV League of
Conservation Voters 100
Pro-environmental
protection
Promote
electronic commerce and innovation
NTU National
Taxpayers Union 12
Pro-taxpayer
rights
Pro-business
Conservative: foreign policy
social
and budget issues
CFG Club for Growth 5
Pro-tax
limitation
Conservative: promotes marriage and family
oppose
abortion
Votes in the 111th Congress: 2009 – 2010
Yes Overturn Ledbetter
Extend
statute of limitations in pay discrimination
Yes Pass $787
Billion Stimulus
Funds to
revive U.S.
No Repeal DC Gun Laws
Yes Confirm Sonia Sotomayor
Confirm
Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
Yes Pass Health Care Bill
Provides
insurance for people without health insurance
Yes Regulate Financial Firms
Regulations
on financial services firms
Yes Pass Tax Cuts for Some
Bush era
tax cuts to continue for incomes under $250,000
Yes Legalize Immigrants’ Kids
Give
children of illegal parents path to legal status
Yes Ratify New START
Ratify
Strategic Arms Treaty with Russia
Yes Confirm Elena Kagan
Confirm Elena Kagan to Supreme
Court
No Stop EPA Climate Regulations
Oppose EPA
regulations of greenhouse gases under Clean Air Act
Yes Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lift ban on
openly gay people in military
Year Candidate Vote Campaign
Chest
2006 Thomas
Carper (D) 170,567 70% 4,752,942
Jan
Ting (R) 69,734 29 203,289
2000 Thomas
Carper (D) 181,387 56% 2,608,942
William
Roth Jr. (R) 142,683 44% 4,366,884
Delaware
Population 2010: 897,934
State Rank: 45th
Change since 2000: up
14.6%
Urban: 76%
Rural: 24
Cities:
Median Income: 57,176
Median Home Value: 246,000
Private Employment: 81%
Government Employment: 15
Self-Employed: 4
Poverty: 11
Blue Collar: 20
White Collar: 63
Median Age: 38
Over 65: 14%
Under 18: 24
High School Graduates: 87%
College Graduates: 28
Graduate Degree: 11
Veterans: 12%
Registered Voters 2010:
Democrats 293,885
Republicans 183,645
Independents 146,945
Voter Turnout - 310,946
Turnout, Voting Age -
45%
White: 65%
Black: 21
Hispanic: 8
Asian: 3
2008 Presidential Vote:
Barack Obama (D) - 255,459 62%
John McCain (R) - 152,374 37
2004 Presidential Vote:
John Kerry (D) - 200,152 53%
George W. Bush (R) - 171,660 46
Thomas Carper’s Voting History:
Votes in the 110th Congress: 2007 – 08
Yes Raise CAFE standards
Limit
debate on setting higher fuel standards for vehicles
Yes Expand SCHIP
Expand
State Children’s Health Insurance Program
Yes Cap Greenhouse Gases
Limit
debate on setting Cap and Trade system to curb climate change
Yes Bailout Financial Markets
$700
billion dollar bailout of financial industry
Yes Make English Official Language
English the
official language of the US
Yes Path to Citizenship
Limit
debate on immigration reform bill
No Fetus is Unborn Child
Define
fetus as an unborn child
Yes Prosecute Hate Crimes
Limit
debate on measure funding prosecution of hate crimes
Yes Withdraw Troops March, 2008
Withdrawal
of most US Iraq
Yes Iran Guard is Terrorist Group
Iranian
Revolutionary Guard is terrorist group
No Increase
Missile Defense Funding
Increase
funding for missile defense
Yes Overhaul FISA
Overhaul
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Votes in the 109th Congress: 2005 – 06
Yes Bar ANWR Drilling
Bar oil and
gas leasing in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No FY06 Spending Curb
Curb
federal entitlement spending
No Estate Tax Repeal
Limit
debate on proposal to permanently repeal estate tax
Yes Raise Minimum Wage
Increase
minimum wage to $7.25
No Confirm Samuel
Alito
Confirm
Samuel Alito as Associate Justice, Supreme Court
Yes Path to Citizenship
Path to
citizenship for illegal immigrants
No Bar Same Sex Marriage
Limit
debate on Constitutional amendment for marriage to man, woman
Yes Stem Cell Research Funding
Federal
funds for embryonic stem cell research
Yes Limit
Interstate Abortion
Prohibit
minors crossing borders for abortion without parental consent
Yes CAFTA
Central
American Free Trade Agreement
Yes Urge Iraq
Start
withdrawing US troops from Iraq
Yes Provide Detainee Rights
Habeas
Corpus rights for military detainees
Votes in the 108th Congress: 2003 – 2004
Yes Ban Drilling
in ANWR
Block
drilling in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
No Approve Bush Tax Cut
Reduce
taxes by $350 billion through 2013
Yes Medicare/Rx Bill
Medicare
prescription drug benefit legislation
Yes Bar Overtime Pay Regulations
Block funds
for federal regulations of overtime pay
No Energy Bill
Cloture
motion to end debate on comprehensive energy bill
Yes Support Roe v. Wade
Senate
support for Roe v. Wade decision
Yes Ban Partial
Birth Abortion
Ban
procedure opponents describe as “partial-birth” abortion
Yes Assault Weapons Ban
Extend for
10 years ban on assault weapons sale and possession
No Ban Same Sex Marriage
Cloture
motion to end debate on Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex
marriage
Yes Ban Bunker
Buster Bomb
Prohibit
Energy Department funding of “bunker-buster” program
Yes Fund Iraq
Provides
$87 billion for US operations in Iraq Afghanistan
Yes Restrict
Missile Defense
Restrict
deployment of national missile defense system
Votes in the 107th Congress: 2001 – 2002
No Approve Bush Tax Cuts
Cut taxes
$1.35 trillion over 10 years
Yes Expand Patients’ Rights
Expand
patients’ rights dealing with insurers, health organizations
Yes Campaign Finance Reform
Eliminate
use of “soft money”, raise contribution limits
No Permit ANWR Development
Cloture
motion to end debate on allowing energy development of Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge
No Confirm Ashcroft as AG
Confirm
John Ashcroft as Attorney General
No Bar Gays in the Boy Scouts
Withhold
education funds from schools prohibiting Boy Scout use
Yes Funds for Hate Crime Prosecution
Cloture
motion to end debate on funding to prosecute hate crimes
Yes Overseas
Military Abortions
Abortion
services for military personnel and dependents overseas
Yes Bar
Cooperation with International
Court
Prohibit US
Yes Trade Promotion Authority
Authority
for president to negotiate trade agreements
Yes Authorize
Force in Iraq
Authorize US Iraq
Yes Homeland
Security Department Union
Cloture
motion to limit debate on excluding presidential authority to bar union
marriage
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