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Senator Tom Carper (D)

Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 2000
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Martha Ann; 2 Children: Benjamin, Christopher
Birth date: 01/23/1947
Birthplace: Beckley, WV
Home City: Wilmington DE
Religion: Presbyterian

Profession

Captain, United States Navy/United States Naval Reserves, 1968-1992 Industrial Development Specialist, Delaware Division of Economic Development, 1975-1976

Education

MBA, University of Delaware, 1975 BA, Economics, Ohio State University, 1968

Committees

Environment and Public Works
Finance
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight
Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy
Subcommittee on Health Care
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Recent Votes

HR 2072 Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2012
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2343 Prohibits Increase in Interest Rates for Student Loans
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

S 1925 Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1789 United States Postal Service Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2230 Establishes a Minimum 30 Percent Tax Rate for High-Income Taxpayers
Stage: Cloture Vote
Vote: Yea

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