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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Those who have examined his record very closely are convinced that he's probably incapable of upholding civil rights laws as they ought to be interpreted,
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To support federal funding for embryonic stem cell research is to come down on the side of hope for the millions of Americans suffering from diseases ranging from Alzheimer's to cancer to Parkinson's to diabetes,
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We're disappointed this couldn't be better, ... this is a substantial improvement over what we started with.
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We are asking the President to nominate a new SEC chairman ... someone who understands the importance of avoiding even the appearance of conflict of interest ... especially now, with confidence in the market still so fragile,
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a full investigation of the facts surrounding this situation be undertaken, the sooner the better.
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America can't afford to keep rewarding the accumulation of wealth over the dignity of work,
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this ought to be reviewed very carefully... with regard to what it was we knew, what actions were taken, what statements were correct, and which ones were incorrect. The sooner we can acquire that information the better for the country.
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There really is no more important issue Congress should be working on this year, and in this time of unprecedented economic growth there is no reason why we shouldn't be,
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There's a little bit of chutzpah in there, and a whole lot of ambition.
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This may be the first budget in history that wasn't just dead on arrival -- it was dead before arrival.
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This is the whole ball game for John McCain legislatively,
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This is the toughest thing we've had to do since impeachment. It's really heavy lifting.
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This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens.
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This is further proof and a clear illustration of why it is many of us feel the time has come for a change in that position, ... I am surprised and saddened by the insensitivity of Mr. Pitt.