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
call design dictate gets members president sounds ultimately
It sounds as if the president is going to call for one where he gets to appoint each of the members and dictate the design and ultimately the circumstances under which they do their work.
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It's unjust and doesn't make good economic sense,
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Domestically, I think we spent the most amount of time talking about what do we do with the surplus, which is an unusual situation for us, to be able to have a good debate about the surplus,
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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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Even with some of the more troublesome ? and potentially illegal ? details omitted, I still raised significant concern about these actions.
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Everybody has to give. We understand that. I hope they understand that. The less time there is, the more give there has to be, it seems to me,
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That report is now a month overdue, ... We don't yet know what the administration's official position is as a result of their unwillingness to share a report with us.
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I've had to follow a lot of speakers, but --
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No, I'm not interested in vice president or the cabinet.
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It's way past time to close this gap,
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Economic strength is not measured in profit statements, but in jobs,
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the best we can get under these circumstances.
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It may be another week or so, ... I think most senators understand how these things need to change as circumstances warrant, and we just hope we can get the job done quickly but as safely as possible.
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It's helpful for us, as policymakers, to have as good a clear a view of what living conditions are and what the demographics of our country are in a fast-changing world, ... Whether there are questions which are too invasive, I am not prepared to make that judgment today. I know a lot of people think so.