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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Whether we come up with a solution or not is an open question. Members on both sides of the aisle are wanting to be careful about things we write here.
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It is unfortunate that the Russians knew before the leaders did, ... It's unfortunate that a matter of this import would not have been vetted more carefully or completely and with greater care for U.S. foreign policy than this was.
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When I was accused of being an obstructionist, there was a corresponding, a very significant increase in the number of issues that my family and I had to deal with. And I worry about that,
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What we're offering is real jobs, real opportunity and real prosperity -- a plan that works for our country,
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We're going to hit this economy awfully hard in the coming months, ... We will be laying out a plan that is immediate, that is targeted directly to the middle class and that doesn't exacerbate the debt.
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We're going to bump the session now until Dec. 5, ... The feeling was there was just too much uncertainty swirling around both Washington and the campaigns to make the session productive.
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Were it not for the fact that we demonstrated good faith today, we would not be able to demonstrate good faith when challenges and difficult circumstances arise.
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We have said form the beginning that if he would work with us we could reach a bipartisan compromise, ... He chose not to, and he got beat.
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We have no choice but to revisit the question on other bills. Especially given the relationship between guns and schools these days, I think it's a natural assumption that one could make that there could be some amendments which will be offered,
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We're in a very unpredictable mode at this point,
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where I come from would earn a trip to the woodshed.
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would almost exclusively go to the wealthiest Americans.
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We're still troubled by the CBO analysis that we're using Social Security trust funds, at least $19 billion,
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very curious, given this has been under way now for this long.