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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We must correct the problems and inequities in the way we conduct and decide elections in the United States.
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We must govern from the middle, or we will not be able to govern at all.
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I've been amazed at the degree to which Democrats, in particular, have expressed their enthusiasm for the president's manner with which he handled this budget.
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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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The president began to make his case to us today,
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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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We haven't made progress. We've moved back from progress, ... a half-measure only.
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We have not been briefed, and we have not been given any new intelligence information,
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The only reason I would hold out the option is that if the House does bring witnesses, I would certainly support the White House bringing witnesses as well,
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There are other ways to spend that money, ... In our view, all of these issues are relevant to the debate on the marriage penalty.
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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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there are too many dangers inherent with using gas throughout the entire complex.
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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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We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered,