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
guess issues
We have those issues to resolve. Negotiations are under way. I think on most of them, it's anybody's guess to resolve.
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time bomb. This is going to be $4-to-$5 trillion when it is fully implemented.
dangerous destroys wrong
I think it's wrong. I think it's really wrong because it destroys the institution, ... dangerous precedent.
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I think it's sort of the combination of 'West Wing' and 'Seinfeld.' We meet once a week, but nothing happens,
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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.
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It's hard to express how angry I am about these attacks, how proud I am of the brave response on the part of my staff ... and so many others,
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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.
economic good unjust
It's unjust and doesn't make good economic sense,
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There was a sense I had from the very beginning that this was in part politically motivated, and they were going to maximize the timing to affect those who were having some doubt about this right before the election,
appears compromise vote
The new compromise appears to have the votes, so we will vote on it,
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It's really a repulsive and outrageous attack, once again, on those who question the direction that much of the administration has taken with regard to Iraq,
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The choice is very clear -- either a partisan brinksmanship or a bipartisan accomplishment, ... We can't see a partisan standoff on an issue this important.
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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'm equally dismayed that House managers have already chosen to contact witnesses. And then, to announce a witness reluctance to participate until they know the circumstances, that is in clear violation of the agreement that we had last week. And I hope it's not a harbinger of the politicized process that we have all said we oppose,