Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Daschleis a policy advisor, lobbyist, former U.S. Senator from South Dakota, and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth9 December 1947
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Obviously, so much can happen between now and then. But you'd have to assume the presumptive nominee would be whoever lost this election, ... I can't imagine anyone else having a better claim at this stage.
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Obviously, given the level of his dissatisfaction, you would think they would have picked up on it and maybe done something constructive with it,
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My leadership allows me to get a lot done for my home state.
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We want to make this as competitive a race as there is in the country, ... Frank Lautenberg's record, his reputation and the kind of candidate he is assures that, but we want to give him the resources to make sure he's got what he needs to get over the top.
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there are too many dangers inherent with using gas throughout the entire complex.
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There are times when we have occasions when we have to make our individual judgments, and that's what he did and I have no disagreement with that, ... He made his best judgment, and I'm making mine.
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Let us be clear, ... All Americans deserve a tax cut. But surely, the wealthiest among us should not get it at the expense of working families. There's a better way.
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makes more explicit the purpose of the effort and ties down what it is we're authorizing the use of force for.
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Let us respond with the same commitment and resolve in this drought as we would with any other natural disaster.
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On September 14th, we voted unanimously to send our troops into action against the perpetrators of the cowardly and heinous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That was our constitutional duty, and it is one that none of us takes lightly,
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One of the responsibilities of his job is to increase the confidence in this country about the importance that our country is placing on homeland security, that we understand its complexities and the difficult challenges we face, ... But if he can't be an advocate before Congress, it's hard for me to understand how he can be an advocate before the country.
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I was struck by how vacant the galleries were and so few seniors citizens looking down, ... What you saw instead were lobbyists packing the halls. They will do well. Our seniors will not, and that is why the fight will go on.
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I would give this Congress a B for achievement, a D for behavior and the overall assessment of incomplete,
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Many of us of have said from the beginning that we have not seen any intelligence information that would give us any conclusive evidence to suggest the threat was imminent, ... I think this public report now bears that conclusion out.