blogs.wsj.com — Jane Zhang reports on health care.
President-elect Barack Obama said he will nominate William Corr , who has long advocated reducing tobacco use, as deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Corr is the executive director at the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and until September was a registered lobbyist for the antismoking group. Among other things, he lobbied Congress to give the Food and Drug Administration, an HHS agency, the authority to regulate tobacco. A ...
Why do we need a tax cheat as head of the HHS?
betsyspage.blogspot.com 2/1/2009 — Sure, maybe we needed Geithner at Treasury. Some well-respected people thought he was the perfect nominee and, in a time of crisis, the president needed to have the man he wanted at Treasury. But Tom Daschle? How unique are his skills? As Yuval Levin ...
Sure, maybe we needed Geithner at Treasury. Some well-respected people thought he was the perfect nominee and, in a time of crisis, the president needed to have the man he wanted at Treasury. But Tom Daschle? How unique are his skills? As Yuval Levin ...
Top Daschle Deputy Has No Doubt: He “Will” Be Secretary Of Health
theplumline.whorunsgov.com 2/2/2009 — Will President Obama stand by Tom Daschle for Secretary of Health and Human services, despite the newly erupted back-taxes controversy ?
All signs suggest the answer is Yes.
Will President Obama stand by Tom Daschle for Secretary of Health and Human services, despite the newly erupted back-taxes controversy ?
All signs suggest the answer is Yes.
Daschle to Be Named HHS Secretary (Officially)
blogs.tnr.com 12/11/2008 — Barack Obama will be holding a press conference in Chicago on Thursday. And it's safe bet that most of the political world will be watching to hear Obama give his first extended remarks about the Rod Blagojevich scandal. But Obama will be making ...
Barack Obama will be holding a press conference in Chicago on Thursday. And it's safe bet that most of the political world will be watching to hear Obama give his first extended remarks about the Rod Blagojevich scandal. But Obama will be making ...
Daschle to head HHS?
www.washingtonmonthly.com 11/19/2008 — DASCHLE TO HEAD HHS?.... Even before the election, drafts of what an Obama cabinet might look like had former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle taking the lead at HHS. If the reports today are accurate, that's exactly what's going to...
DASCHLE TO HEAD HHS?.... Even before the election, drafts of what an Obama cabinet might look like had former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle taking the lead at HHS. If the reports today are accurate, that's exactly what's going to...
Obama HHS deputy has recent lobbyist past - Chris Frates
www.politico.com 1/14/2009 — President-elect Barack Obama s pick for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services was an anti-tobacco lobbyist as recently as September, a vocation that at least rides the fine line of Obama s ethics principles. As a leader of the Obama HHS ...
President-elect Barack Obama s pick for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services was an anti-tobacco lobbyist as recently as September, a vocation that at least rides the fine line of Obama s ethics principles. As a leader of the Obama HHS ...
Daschle at HHS = Good News for Health Reform
blogs.tnr.com 11/19/2008 — So much health care news, so little time to blog. But let me weigh in on the news, via, CNN, that Tom Daschle will be Secretary of Health and Human Services . He will also serve as the White House point person on health care reform . This is a ...
So much health care news, so little time to blog. But let me weigh in on the news, via, CNN, that Tom Daschle will be Secretary of Health and Human Services . He will also serve as the White House point person on health care reform . This is a ...
Tom Daschle, Survivor
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.
First, ...
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.
First, ...
Q & A On Daschle: Who Knew What And Why That Matters
marcambinder.theatlantic.com 2/2/2009 —
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 ...
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 ...
More On Daschle
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 ...
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 ...
Obama Names Tom Daschle as HHS Secretary
patterico.com 11/20/2008 — [Guest post by DRJ]
The Chicago Tribune reports Barack Obama has named former Senator Tom Daschle to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Perhaps this explains in part Obama’s revised lobbyist rules that focus on the area of ...
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Chicago Tribune reports Barack Obama has named former Senator Tom Daschle to be his Secretary of Health and Human Services. (Perhaps this explains in part Obama’s revised lobbyist rules that focus on the area of ...