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Daschle Apologizes for Income Tax Errors
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The Early Word: Battle Lines Firming Up on Stimulus
The Caucus —
... explain what occurred, the Politico’s John Bresnahan and Carrie Budoff Brown note that “it’s not clear how that explanation will play with Republicans, who spent Sunday raising questions about the Obama’s administration’s vetting process — or with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who’s been in a long-running feud with Daschle.” The Times’s David D. Kirkpatrick writes that Mr. Daschle’s partnership with a Democratic donor and media mogul, Leo Hindery, “offers a new window into how Washington works”: It shows how in just four years an ...
Daschle Weathering The Storm (So Far)
Daily Kos —
... This isn't a post about what should be, it's a post about what is. There are two groups of Senators who have to vote to confirm Tom Daschle as HHS Secretary: Republicans and Democrats. As far as Republican votes go, ...
Not Broken Up About Daschle
Firedoglake —
... I was a little worried when the Republicans started making noncommittal, judgment-reserving noises about Daschle's tax problem rather than going insincerely ballistic like they did on Holder and Geithner. I thought maybe they realized that a folding milquetoast who made millions from the healthcare industry would be the perfect opponent, but in the end they just couldn't control themselves. ...
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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 ...
Why Even Save Daschle?
talkleft.com 2/2/2009 — I've never cared for Tom Daschle, on substance or politics, but I know so little about health care that I have hesitated to discuss whether Daschle is a good choice for HHS. But in light of this news , why in heaven's name should President Obama lift ...
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Tom Daschle backed the patron who paid him a ...
Tax issues emerge in Daschle nomination
breitbart.com 1/31/2009 — WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Sen. Tom Daschle, picked by President Barack Obama to lead the administration's health reform efforts, recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in unpaid taxes and $11,964 in interest, according to a Senate ...
Thank you, Mr. Daschle
maggiesfarm.anotherdotcom.com 2/4/2009 —
From Bruce Kesler. I no longer will term him "guest poster" because he seems to be turning into a regular.
Above the law? Thank you Mr. Daschle.
We should all be thanking Tom Daschle for his behavior in not ...
Daschle
yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/20/2008 —
It doesn’t come as a shock to see that Tom Daschle will be tapped as HHS Secretary . The more interesting news is the notion that Daschle “will also reportedly be given a policy portfolio that stretches beyond the department in order ...
More On Daschle
washingtonmonthly.com 2/4/2009 — More On Daschle As Steve noted earlier, 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...
More Daschle Tax Issues
blogs.abcnews.com 1/31/2009 — 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 ...
Goodbye, Tom Daschle
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/3/2009 — Well, the Daschle nomination is no more. He's withdrawn his name which is in keeping with the idea that Obama would not actually have to fire him. We're still sorting out details on what happened between Obama's endorsement yesterday and 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 ...
Commentary: A history lesson for Rush Limbaugh —
CNN.com - Politics
On Thursday, Rush Limbaugh, the moral and intellectual leader and most influential person in the Republican Party in the United States, wrote in the august op-ed pages of The Wall Street Journal, the acknowledged epicenter of right-wing thought, that ...
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Reuters - President Barack Obama's ability to lead and help restore the global economy will be damaged if the United States includes restrictive "Buy American" provisions in its economic stimulus plan, Canadian and European Union officials said on ...
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