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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This is the whole ball game for John McCain legislatively,
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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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This last-minute change would have given the president broad authority to exercise expansive powers not just overseas -- where we all understood he wanted authority to act -- but right here in the United States, potentially against American citizens.
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a revisit back to the early 1980s -- $3 trillion of debt later.
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A new year brings a new opportunity to start over,
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as consistent or regular as I think they should be.
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As a veteran, there is no question that I stand strongly with the troops,
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This is further proof and a clear illustration of why it is many of us feel the time has come for a change in that position, ... I am surprised and saddened by the insensitivity of Mr. Pitt.
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This is an ongoing process, ... As we have said several times now, the president needs to make case not only to us but to the American people and to the international community, and that effort has now begun.
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This is an issue that's very important to South Dakotans, ... We hope we can find a balanced bill.
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This is a time for our country to be united, even though we're divided on other matters,
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This isn't reform, ... This makes a mockery of McCain-Feingold.
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The way to resolve it is simply for the SEC to release the file so that there isn't any more outstanding question, that there isn't any doubt about what happened and why,
This administration has to do a lot better,