In addition to Chambliss and Conrad, the Group of 16 roster includes: Tom Carper, D-Del.
Carper, observed Wednesday during Senate debate that the Marketplace Fairness Act might actually be a boon to his state.
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"It's an untenable position to put a state in, " Delaware's Democratic Gov. Tom Carper told The New York Times.
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Voinovich (R-Ohio), Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Bob Graham (D-Fla.) offered up a simple two-year extension of the old moratorium as a compromise.
"As the nation creeps toward the 'fiscal cliff, ' the U.S. Postal Service is clearly marching toward a financial collapse of its own, " says Carper.
Senator TOM CARPER (Democrat, Delaware): It's a little bit like driving a car down the highway at 55 miles an hour and put in reverse.
Tom Carper of Delaware said he would prefer to generate additional user fees to keep the travel system running at full capacity for the next five months.
More noteworthy are the six Keystone converts, which include South Dakota's Tim Johnson, Virginia's Mark Warner, Colorado's Michael Bennet, Florida's Bill Nelson and Delaware's Chris Coons and Tom Carper.
Included, along with Mary Landrieu, Claire McCaskill , Joe Manchin, Ben Nelson and Debbie Stabenow, are Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Bob Casey (Pennsylvania), Tim Johnson (South Dakota), Tom Carper (Delaware), Kent Conrad (North Dakota), Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), Jim Webb (Virginia), Carl Levin (Michigan) and John Rockefeller (West Virginia).
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