Tag: Sen. Tom Carper

Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware Announces Retirement, Opening Up Key Senate Seat

May 22, 2023
ArchivedNewsPoliticsSen. Tom CarperUS
0 Comment

Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced on May 22 that he will not seek reelection for a fifth term in the Senate. Carper’s declaration opens the door to a wide-open fight for the seat he has held since 2001 in Delaware, a state with a largely Democrat population. “If I ran for a fifth term in…

Read More

EPA Issues New Rule to Curb Interstate Smog

March 15, 2023
Biden administration's climate agendaBusiness & MarketsCompanieseconomic policiesenergyEnvironmental Protection AgencyExecutive BranchPoliticsSen Shelley Moore CapitoSen. Joe ManchinSen. Tom CarperTexas Attorney General Ken PaxtonUSUS News
0 Comment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a new “final rule” on Wednesday aimed at curbing nitrogen oxide pollution—a key component of smog. The rule specifically targets power plants and other industrial facilities in 23 states in the hopes of protecting air quality for those living downwind. The EPA has termed this type of rule…

Read More

Senate Democrats Reintroduce Bill for DC Statehood

January 27, 2021
congressD.C. StatehoodPoliticsSen. Tom CarperSenate Filibuster RulesUSUS News
0 Comment

Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) led over three dozen of his Democrat colleagues to introduce a companion bill for Washington, D.C.’s statehood on Tuesday. A similar bill passed the House last year and will now face a Democrat-controlled Senate to determine if D.C. will become the 51st state. The effort for statehood, which would endow the…

Read More