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Thomas R. Carper

Thomas R. Carper

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Policy Effects

Estimated effects on people, organizations, and industries in bills this legislator sponsored, cosponsored, or voted on. Includes bills they voted against.

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sres697-118

Cosponsor

Designating the week of May 12 through May 18, 2024, as National Police Week.

1 clause May 16, 2024

s4334-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To enhance the security operations of the Transportation Security Administration and stability of the transportation security workforce by applying the personnel system under title 5, United States Code, to employees of the Transportation Security Administration, and for other purposes.

12 clauses May 14, 2024
Government General Public Veterans Labor

s2652-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to ensure that all firearms are traceable, and for other purposes.

3 clauses Jul 27, 2023

s2344-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.

213 clauses Jul 18, 2023

s1785-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish programs to address addiction and overdoses caused by illicit fentanyl and other opioids, and for other purposes.

19 clauses May 31, 2023

sres216-118

Cosponsor

Designating the week of May 14 through May 20, 2023, as National Police Week.

1 clause May 17, 2023

s1600-118

Cosponsor Introduced

Making further supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, for border management activities, and for other purposes.

11 clauses May 15, 2023

s1409-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To protect the safety of children on the internet.

28 clauses May 2, 2023
Education Professional Services Government General Public

s1007-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes.

6 clauses Mar 28, 2023
Law Enforcement

s794-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require a pilot program on the participation of non-asset-based third-party logistics providers in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism.

7 clauses Mar 14, 2023
Law Enforcement

s707-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the retirement of certain animals used in Federal research, and for other purposes.

2 clauses Mar 8, 2023
Law Enforcement

s494-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To require a background check for every firearm sale.

1 clause Feb 16, 2023
Law Enforcement

s512-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.

23 clauses Feb 16, 2023
Law Enforcement

sres63-118

Cosponsor

Celebrating Black History Month.

1 clause Feb 14, 2023
Law Enforcement

s359-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and for other purposes.

55 clauses Feb 9, 2023
Philanthropy Professional Services Civic Organizations Government

s325-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a code of conduct for justices and judges of the courts of the United States, establish an ethics investigations counsel, and require disclosure of recusals.

1 clause Feb 9, 2023
Law Enforcement

s298-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate large capacity ammunition feeding devices.

3 clauses Feb 7, 2023
Law Enforcement

s51-118

Primary Sponsor Introduced

To provide for the admission of the State of Washington, D.C. into the Union.

26 clauses Jan 24, 2023
Law Enforcement

s25-118

Cosponsor Introduced

To regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear arms is not unlimited, and for other purposes.

4 clauses Jan 23, 2023
Law Enforcement

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