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Daschle Confirmation Has Slowed
online.wsj.com - 1/21/2009
Daschle Confirmation Has Slowed
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GOP aides on the Senate finance panel are examining Daschle's tax records and links to an education-loan firm.
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/26/2009
Hilda Solis' Confirmation at Labor Dept. Slowed
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — We reported yesterday on Republican objections to moving forward on confirming two of Barack Obama's top environmental... nominees. At first the delay was reported as a Senate "hold," but it turned out to be a different breed of slowdown -- Sen. John ... (more) Hilda Solis' Confirmation at Labor Dept. Slowed

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Daschle's Confirmation Bogs Down in Committee
online.wsj.com - 1/15/2009
Daschle's Confirmation Bogs Down in Committee
— online.wsj.com — Associated Press Tom Daschle before the Senate panel considering his nomination, Jan. 8.... (more) Daschle's Confirmation Bogs Down in Committee

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angrybear.blogspot.com - 1/26/2009
Tom Daschle's health care book - Part I
— angrybear.blogspot.com — cross posted from STR Health Care Think Tank target="_blank" Tom Daschle's health care book - Part I... Senator (retired) Tom Daschle, new Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (and health care czar!?) wrote a book in 2008 about the ... (more) Tom Daschle's health care book - Part I

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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:  100 Days: Daschle's Nomination Being Held Up By Geithner

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100 Days: Daschle's Nomination Being Held Up By Geithner
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... The slowing down of Daschle's nomination began last week when Republicans on the Finance Committee began pouring over his tax document and association with an education-loan provider. Since then, however, Senate officials have been taken an extra sharp comb to the former majority leader's records. On Wednesday, ...

100 Days: Daschle's Nomination Being Held Up By Geithner
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... The slowing down of Daschle's nomination began last week when Republicans on the Finance Committee began pouring over his tax document and association with an education-loan provider. Since then, however, Senate officials have been taken an extra sharp comb to the former majority leader's records. On Wednesday, ...

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