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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There's nothing unusual about the way the votes are being counted in Florida right now.
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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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On September 14th, we voted unanimously to send our troops into action against the perpetrators of the cowardly and heinous attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That was our constitutional duty, and it is one that none of us takes lightly,
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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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Forty-four senators have now voted to dismiss the articles of impeachment, ... The president will not be removed from office. For the good of the country and in keeping with the Constitution it is now time to end this trial. We are here not to protect the president of the United States; we were here to protect the Constitution and we have done so faithfully and fully.
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The new compromise appears to have the votes, so we will vote on it,
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(They are going to) send another stimulus bill over here and jam us? ... Well, that isn't going to work. You need 60 votes to get something done here. The only way we are going to get something done, to ensure success in the next 72 hours, is to help ... laid-off workers.
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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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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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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,