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 ... welcome our new president elect in a most heartfelt and sincere way, ... We will wipe the slate clean, begin anew with recognition of many challenges ahead. Bipartisan work is ahead.
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Some people say it will take another miracle for this Congress and administration to find a way to work together. As we begin this historic Congress, let us resolve that we will work in good faith with each other to do the people's business. That is our pledge from this side of the aisle,
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Many of us of have said from the beginning that we have not seen any intelligence information that would give us any conclusive evidence to suggest the threat was imminent, ... I think this public report now bears that conclusion out.
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This may be the first budget in history that wasn't just dead on arrival -- it was dead before arrival.
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If we can't even figure out how it was that they enacted the threats or moved through that attack, and if we can't evaluate why we were as vulnerable as we were -- if we can't evaluate how it was the last 9/11 happened -- how is it that we can prepare for the next one?
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That cozy, permissive relationship has to end, and he in large measure has orchestrated that over he last 18 months,
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This is the toughest thing we've had to do since impeachment. It's really heavy lifting.
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If we completed the count, there is little doubt you'd be ahead, ... In order to win, you have to get the votes. We think you've got the votes.
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I'm going to do as much as possible to draft a resolution that can be supported by the broadest coalition of senators. We have, in my view, come some distance. We've got a long way to go before that can be achieved,
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Let us be clear, ... All Americans deserve a tax cut. But surely, the wealthiest among us should not get it at the expense of working families. There's a better way.
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makes more explicit the purpose of the effort and ties down what it is we're authorizing the use of force for.
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I take this personally. It's not only an attack on me, it's an attack on where I'm from,
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Our tax cut has to fit in within a responsible budget,
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There's nothing unusual about the way the votes are being counted in Florida right now.