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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I have every expectation we can finish within the week -- within a week, not this week,
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I'd love to be able to say I told you so,
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I disagree with the pardon of Mr. Rich. I think it was inappropriate. But I don't know all the facts, and I can't pass final judgment on it,
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I don't know that anyone in this country could view what we've seen so far as a diplomatic success,
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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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We've finally gotten rid of the deficit, and they're hell-bent on bringing it back,
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We therefore expect more say on how the Senate is run, and that includes everything from deciding what bills are debated on the floor, what goes into conference reports, to deciding committee chairs and ratios, and assigning committee staff and office space,
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to convey our serious concerns about the deteriorating condition of the federal budget and the nation's economy.
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He's been the one who's said we want a kinder and gentler SEC, the opposite of what we should have had, ... We could do a lot better than Harvey Pitt in that position today.
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He's been silent on the issue. He's been unengaged and showing absolutely no leadership. And I think it's critical that he do so as we go into the busiest and most troubling time of the year from a price perspective.
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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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has a lot more Washington experience than George Bush had four years ago.
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I can't imagine that we would pass any bill that would tolerate slipping back into a level of intolerance that would be acceptable in today's society,
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given the circumstances, the environment, the sense that we were responding to 9/11, and all of the urgency that was created by the rhetoric and cajoling of the administration.