latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/31/2009
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More simple, inadvertent, overlooked, accidental, good faith tax mistakes in the would-be Obama Cabinet.
This time it's Tom Daschle , the former South Dakota senator and Senate Democratic leader who got knocked off by the Republicans in 2004, shown here demonstrating the size of his tax ...
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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The Latest in a Series of “Honest Mistakes”
Patterico's Pontifications —
... Mrs. Dunphy and I have been working on our taxes this weekend, and like most taxpayers, I suspect, we were shocked to discover just how much of a claim the government has made on the fruits of our labors. And we were also wondering what might happen if the IRS were to discover that we had come up, oh, let’s say $128,000 short in paying our obligations as citizens. Would anyone – anyone! – take us seriously if we were to claim it had been an “honest mistake” as Tom Daschle now has? ...
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tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of Health and Human Services has hit a serious snag, in the wake of a string of revelations mostly related to his payment of taxes on income he received as part of his consulting activities since he left the ...
Q & A On Daschle: Who Knew What And Why That Matters
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Based on interviews with aides and public documents provided to reporters by the finance committee, here's what is known about former Sen. Tom Daschle, his tax liaibilities, and his disclosures to the friendly White House and to the ...
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/2/2009 — by hilzoy What is it with these people and their taxes? First Geithner, now Daschle : " Thomas A. Daschle, nominated to be secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, did not pay more than $128,000 in taxes over three years, a ...
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/2/2009 — At the moment, you have to think Tom Daschle is going to pull this out. It's possible that his failure to pay taxes on a limo rides and other benefits he accrued from a New York financier. But several things have turned Daschle's way today.
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obsidianwings.blogs.com 2/4/2009 — by hilzoy As you are all undoubtedly aware, Tom Daschle has asked that his nomination as Secretary of HHS be withdrawn, and Obama has agreed. As I wrote a few days ago, I think this is a good thing. I think Daschle would have been an immense ...
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powerlineblog.com 2/3/2009 — Tom Daschle is a man of little ability who, as far as history records, has never had a creative or original idea about any public policy issue. Nevertheless, through a combination of assiduous delivery of pork to his constituents, slavish devotion to ...
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politics.theatlantic.com 2/4/2009 — Former Sen. Tom Daschle might have survived the maelstrom and survived to take a job at the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services, but history might reflect that the choice, ultimately, was his own.
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Obama pledges strict oversight of CEOs —
CNN Political Ticker 1/31/2009
Obama's radio address this week again focused on this economy.
(CNN) — President Obama said Saturday his aides are crafting a new plan to revive the country's financial system — and to make sure CEOs don't misuse bailout ...
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 ...
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 ...
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