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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These are difficult issues, ... Economics has always separated our parties philosophically, and to overcome the philosophical differences is something that we are going to try and do.
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This is a Congress that is much more interested in investigating than legislating,
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Allegations that the administration withheld critical information from policymakers and threatened the career of a public servant must be fully and thoroughly investigated.
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All of the Rush Limbaugh wannabes have a very shrill edge.
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Their legislation actually creates a singles penalty that I believe will be the subject of further debate ... their amendment lopsidedly favors those at the very top of the economic scale at the expense of the middle class,
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I believe all options ought to be on the table,
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I believe he would have been a great United States senator, just as he was a great governor,
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He campaigned hard in the states that he largely won two years ago. He had some coattails,
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I intend to do all that I can to make that happen.
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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'm very disappointed and somewhat surprised that there has been that kind of activity this early, ... It certainly violates the spirit of the agreement that we just all agreed to last week.
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information that would lead anyone to believe that there is a higher threat level today than there has been for some time.
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indicated that he's not really looking for a victory. He just wanted to have a debate.
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In 1981 ... I sat in the House chamber when another new president talked to the American people about stimulating the economy,