blog.beliefnet.com - 1/31/2009
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Tom Daschle, President Obama's pick to run the sprawling Department of Health and Human Services, also has some tax issues:Daschle filed amended tax returns for 2005, 2006 and 2007 to reflect additional income for consulting work, the use of a...
blogs.abcnews.com - 1/30/2009
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blogs.abcnews.com —
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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blogs.abcnews.com —
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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online.wsj.com —
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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Dump Tom Daschle: Howard Dean for HHS
Dean's World —
... I argue that Tom Daschle’s tax problems, and President Obama’s various promises about ethics etc., are reason enough to remove him from consideration for Sec. of HHS. Naturally, ...
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Obama rescue plan pushed back a week —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
Geithner is putting together the administration's financial rescue plan.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — After initially vowing to unveil a new financial rescue package this coming week, senior Obama administration officials are now pushing the ...
Obama's leftover cash —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Barack Obama ended last year with $15.5 million left over in his 2008 campaign war chest, according to a disclosure report filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission.
Obama could transfer the bulk of this ...
Democrats line up to support Daschle —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Four prominent Democratic Senators spoke out Saturday in support of former Sen. Tom Daschle, whose tax records have come under scrutiny as he pursues a Cabinet position in the administration of President Barack Obama.
Obama ...