thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com - 1/31/2009
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The nominee for the secretary of health and human services had failed to pay taxes for the free use of a car and driver.
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/30/2009
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ABC News has learned that the nomination of
former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-SD, to be...
President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee. The controversy...
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Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces ...
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/31/2009
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ABC News has obtained the Senate Finance Committee
Report on Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of...
the Department of Health and Human Services, which indicates that Daschle's tax problems were even more substantial than earlier reported. The ...
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More Daschle Tax Issues
online.wsj.com - 1/31/2009
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Getty Images Tom Daschle, right, flanked by his
wife Linda Daschle, as he testifies during his Senate...
Confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Jan. 8.
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Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
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Daschle May Have Tax Problem
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) to be President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services "has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee." "The controversy deals with a car and driver lent to Mr. Daschle by a wealthy Democratic friend, a chauffeur service the former Senator used for years without declaring their use on his taxes." The New York Times reports Daschle "filed amended tax returns and paid more than $100,000 in back taxes on Jan. 2." The news was ...
Did Woodward Mean Daschle Has A Tax Problem?
Riehl World View —
A friend? InterMedia is Leo Hindery's firm. Doesn't that suggest this was some form of compensation - as in pay?
Mr. Thomas A. Daschle Chairman of Executive Advisory Board InterMedia Advisors, LLP
Update: Much more here. $100k in back taxes???
President Obama’s pick for secretary of health and human services, Tom Daschle, filed amended tax returns and paid more than $100,000 in back taxes on Jan. 2, administration officials said on Friday.
Mr. Daschle concluded that he owed the ...
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huffingtonpost.com 2/2/2009 — Reminiscent of this past Sunday, when the Washington Post's Bob Woodward prophesied further grief for Obama over his appointees' "nanny or household tax problems" , Tom Daschle is now facing tax questions regarding a borrowed car and driver. Via ...
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Surprise! Puff Daschle Another Obama Tax Cheat
jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com 1/31/2009 — Maybe Tom Daschle is who Bob Woodward was referring to.ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., to be President Obama's Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a traffic snarl on its way ...
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