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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By choosing to oppose the University of Michigan, President Bush called into question his commitment to expanding opportunity for African-American, Hispanic, and Native American students,
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By shipping nuclear waste on trucks and trains and barges, we may very well be creating hundreds, even thousands, of rolling dirty bombs. What sense does that make?
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He took charge, and it made a big difference,
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I'm equally dismayed that House managers have already chosen to contact witnesses. And then, to announce a witness reluctance to participate until they know the circumstances, that is in clear violation of the agreement that we had last week. And I hope it's not a harbinger of the politicized process that we have all said we oppose,
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I'm disappointed really that the House is going off on all of its tangents once again, ... The capital gains cut apparently is alive and well over there and an array of other things that are just handouts to those who probably don't need it.
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I'm disappointed, really, that the House is going off on all of its tangents once again, ... The capital gains cut, apparently, is alive and well over there, and an array of other things that are just handouts to those who probably don't need it.
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I hope the president will agree to reduce the tax breaks for the very wealthy in order to restore this tax relief for hardworking taxpayers who need it most,
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I intend to do all that I can to make that happen.
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I indicated this morning it isn't where you start, it is where you end, ... And it is still my hope and expectation, really, that at the end of the day we are going to have a broad level of support on both sides of the aisle for a resolution that indicates our support for the United Nations effort and our support for the administration's effort in dealing with Iraq.
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I'm very disappointed and somewhat surprised that there has been that kind of activity this early, ... It certainly violates the spirit of the agreement that we just all agreed to last week.
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information that would lead anyone to believe that there is a higher threat level today than there has been for some time.
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indicated that he's not really looking for a victory. He just wanted to have a debate.
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In 1981 ... I sat in the House chamber when another new president talked to the American people about stimulating the economy,
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He campaigned hard in the states that he largely won two years ago. He had some coattails,