Topic: Thomas Daschle
Tom Daschle, the long time politician from South Dakota and former majority leader of the senate, should have been a fantastic choice for Health and Human Services Secretary. It was Daschle's early support for Obama that encouraged some Midwesterners to give Obama ...
The first few weeks of a newly elected president's agenda is generally occupied with nominating his selections for the available fifteen Cabinet positions. Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico was President Obama's first choice for Secretary of Commerce, but due to legal ...
I have lived in South Dakota for many years of my life. Except tonight, on behalf of all South Dakotans I am embarrassed.And that embarrassment has a name - Tom Daschle. Daschle, who is President Obama's current choice to be the Health ...
President Obama submitted to a little Q&A with flame-throwing congressional Republicans today, and they mainly set aside their blow torches to appear like reasonable adults before the TV cameras. And our Democrat government has even cautioned that maybe our experiences there would ...
Here are a few stories that caught our eye this morning: On Monday, Daschle (pictured above) sat in on a meeting with senior officials including Harry Reid, Kathleen Sebelius and Nancy-Ann DeParle, the Associated Press and Politico report. The newest incarnation of ...
The author argues that the nomination of former Senate Majority Leader Thomas Andrew Daschle, who allegedly cheated in his tax payment, has affected the integrity of U.S. President Barack Obama by appointing him to a cabinet position. Granted, the sin that stained ...
Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows: ___ABC's "This Week" White House press secretary Robert Gibbs; former Sens. Mike Pence, R-Ind., and Maxine Waters, D-Calif.___CBS' "Face the Nation" Education Secretary Arne Duncan. ___NBC's "Meet the Press" David Axelrod, White House senior ...
Hope your weekend was pleasant. Tom Daschle, the man who was a hair's breadth from leading the Obama administration's health care team, still talks health policy with the president and key officials. The New York Times and the Washington Post both ran ...
Democrats warn Republicans not to overplay their health care cards in name of bipartisanshipMainstream Democrats close to Barack Obama are warning Republicans about insisting on too many changes to the president's health care overhaul, saying the Democratic-controlled Congress will move ahead without ...
But now, with the rise of bloggers and the march of 24-hour news, they've never been more visible or as vulnerable to the rough and tumble of the campaign.Consider Jackie Clegg Dodd, wife of embattled five-term Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.Republicans ...
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Exchange between Senator Sanders and Thomas Daschle at the Senate ...2009-01-09
