tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/9/2009
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Buried in today's New York Times piece on Tom Daschle's confirmation hearing before the Senate health committee is a possible revelation on his plans for passing health care reform this year.
Daschle, tapped by Barack Obama to head the health and human services department, had hinted as far ...
jamesfallows.theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009
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Two years ago, I said I was making
an exception to the "no active involvement in politics"
stance I had maintained through my previous decades of journalistic life. (After leaving a one-time stint in politics in the Jimmy Carter years.) That exception ...
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Talking Points Memo —
Daschle open to allowing filibusters of health care reform.
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The New 'Nuclear Option': Fast-Tracking Climate Change in the Budget
TPM Election Central —
... That, in turn, opens the door for Congress to use "budget reconciliation" process rules that would shield climate legislation from Senate filibusters when it comes to a vote (expected later this year or early next year). Using reconciliation to speed passage of health care reform has been a hot topic since onetime health secretary Tom Daschle flirted with the idea earlier this year, but budget reconciliation for climate change is a relatively new prospect in the Capitol Hill pipeline. And guess who thinks it's a terrible idea, as Roll Call ...
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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 ...
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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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Transition: Panetta's challenge —
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