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
moved
We haven't made progress. We've moved back from progress, ... a half-measure only.
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The president had a very aggressive agenda in the first two years, an agenda that required much more unity than we were able to achieve.
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The president began to make his case to us today,
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The president and his advisers must accept that continued legal jousting serves no constructive purpose,
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The president will veto it, and there are ample votes to sustain the veto. So, that was an exercise in total futility,
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reasonably optimistic that we can come up with a procedural agreement, certainly in the next 24 hours.
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President Bush has said that the ecomnomy is growing, that there are jobs out there. But you know, it's a long commute to China to get those jobs.
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President Bush and I both support a tax cut and I am confident that we can agree on a plan that benefits all Americans, not just the wealthy.
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We've tried all the voluntary options, ... They have all failed. We know what we've got to do.
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We hope that they will also announce that they will release all of the information that the 9/11 commission has requested, ... Certainly having the testimony is good, but having all of the information would be even better.
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We have come up with a delicate, but yes, successful compromise. There is no question all 100 of us could go through this bill with a fine-tooth comb and cherry pick and find improvements... we've got a job to do, the clock is ticking and the work needs to get done.
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In the end I believe the American people will support him,
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Instead of passing another big tax cut that we can't afford -- a tax cut that leaves out middle-class families -- we need a fair, responsible tax cut,
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Instead of finding a real solution to the growing unemployment crisis, this bill will give millions to those who don't need it and very little to those who do, ... It will add a trillion dollars to our national debt; spend the Social Security trust fund and ultimately lose more jobs.