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Tom Daschle's tax fraud
I'm blogging from the bar at the Lowe's Regency at 61st and Park, very much enjoying myself while waiting for the TH Daughter to emerge from a party up the street. All very slick, nearly as I can tell. The TH Daughter has figured out how to move in much tonier circles than I do. Anyway, Glenn ...
Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
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... (more) Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces ...
More Daschle Tax Issues
More Daschle Tax Issues
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 ... (more) More Daschle Tax Issues
Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
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. (more) Daschle Paid Back Taxes After Vetting
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TIGERHAWK: Tom Daschle’s tax fraud. “There is no ambiguity in the law, or no theory that he did no…
Instapundit — ... TIGERHAWK: Tom Daschle’s tax fraud. “There is no ambiguity in the law, or no theory that he did not know that he owed the money. It is obviously an in-kind payment for services. Of course he knew he owed the taxes. Finally, there is no tedious extra bureaucratic obstacle to paying this tax. You just drop a number right on to the 1040. You know, that document that you signed under penalty of perjury.” ...

Conflicting News On Gregg
Riehl World View — ... Obama has the largest and most involved group of political operatives and tacticians there has ever been in the White House. We are getting two completely different stories on Judd Gregg leaving the Senate. Given the significance of getting to sixty in the Senate, is Obama throwing out the Gregg stuff to keep the media and Republicans from focusing in on Daschle? ...

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