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 think there has to be a debate; there has to be some good discussion, ... There has to be some opportunity for the people to be heard. ... Congress needs to be equal and full partners in this discussion, and ultimately in the decision.
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Our view is that there has to be some way ... to deal with this matter beyond the question of conviction, and we think censure presents that opportunity and we will be planning to propose that at some point,
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What we're offering is real jobs, real opportunity and real prosperity -- a plan that works for our country,
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So on all of those issues, there is a real opportunity for all of us to work together,
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A new year brings a new opportunity to start over,
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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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All of us are left to draw one conclusion: His words about promoting educational opportunity were just that -- words.
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Their plan leaves nothing for Medicare -- not one penny. It explodes in costs just as the Baby Boomers start to retire and Medicare and Social Security come under pressure. It fails to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pay down our debt, to prepare for this coming demographic tidal wave,
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People were concerned about national security, and that precluded us from having the opportunity to break through on the issues that we cared most about - the economy, education and health care.
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I think we have to remember we've got to protect the integrity of the process so that people have confidence in the inevitable outcome at some point, ... This Week.
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I think it undermines the fragile coalition that we have with our allies,
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I think it's wrong. I think it's really wrong because it destroys the institution, ... dangerous precedent.
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I think it's sort of the combination of 'West Wing' and 'Seinfeld.' We meet once a week, but nothing happens,
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I think there is broad support for a regime change in Iraq,