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'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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I support the president's authority to make decisions with regard to clemency and pardons. That is a president's right, ... But I must say I am troubled deeply by the lack of remorse, the lack of empathy for the victims on the part of the Puerto Ricans themselves. And based upon that, I intend to vote in favor of the resolution.
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That is probably the key factor in support of any tax measure, whether we have that $35 billion locked in or not,
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I indicated this morning it isn't where you start, it is where you end, ... And it is still my hope and expectation, really, that at the end of the day we are going to have a broad level of support on both sides of the aisle for a resolution that indicates our support for the United Nations effort and our support for the administration's effort in dealing with Iraq.
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I think there is broad support for a regime change in Iraq,
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Congress supported the experiment. It was a huge mistake. Deficits skyrocketed. The national debt quadrupled. High interest rates choked American industries. Unemployment soared.
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ram through divisive provisions and pork spending that could never win the support of Congress on their own.
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It was as close to a tie as history has ever seen, ... I fully support and accept the results of this election, let there be no mistake about it. But we all know that the vice president received more than 300,000 votes and the issue is: Now, where do we go from here?
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President Bush and I both support a tax cut and I am confident that we can agree on a plan that benefits all Americans, not just the wealthy.
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I support that decision, ... Many of my staff are directly affected and I think it is a wise course of action simply because of the unknowns, because of the uncertainty.
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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.