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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If the stories in the media over the past week are accurate, the president has exercised authority that I do not believe is granted to him in the Constitution, and that I know is not granted to him in the law that I helped negotiate with his counsel and that Congress approved in the days after September 11.
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Economic strength is not measured in profit statements, but in jobs,
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I don't know of another administration that has enjoyed the success in confirmations of its judges as this administration has,
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This across-the-board cut has nothing to do with ridding ourselves of waste, ... This goes to muscle and bone of programs.
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They don't want a $1.6 trillion dollar tax cut. Now they want a $3.2 trillion dollar tax cut. I don't know why they don't just give the entire federal budget away,
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It is unfortunate that the Russians knew before the leaders did, ... It's unfortunate that a matter of this import would not have been vetted more carefully or completely and with greater care for U.S. foreign policy than this was.
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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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It's unjust and doesn't make good economic sense,
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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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is not going to rule out opportunities to play important roles in public service.
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He did criticize (the) effort in his speech and yet it appears that is what he did himself,
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highly respected men determined to cross party lines in order to solve our problems.
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But now a memo forecasts administration plans for billions of dollars of cuts to America's veterans, schools, health care, homeland defense, worker-training programs and medical research,
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I think it's important that, to the extent possible, those contingency plans be coordinated, that each branch work in concert with the other. I don't think that's been done adequately to date, but I am confident that it could be in the future,