Written out of the story Nov 7, 2009
Their party, led by a pair of innocuous Midwestern Main Streeters, Richard Gephardt and Thomas Daschle, lost control of the Senate and lost seats in the House, sinking to its lowest ebb since the Roaring '20s. Smug right-wing pundits predicted the Democrats were on their way to joining the Whigs in the ashcan of American political parties. (Salon)
Obama names 110 White House visitors Oct 31, 2009
Thomas Daschle, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, former Gov. Howard Dean, Sen. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Obama gets ally for health care plan: Wal-Mart Jul 1, 2009
Former Senate Democratic Leader Thomas Daschle and others have proposed a federal commission with powers to impose Medicare cost reductions, among other things, if overall health delivery costs do not reach certain targets in a given time. The letter endorsed Daschles efforts. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Want Empathy? Look at Estrada's Background Jun 3, 2009
Thomas Daschle was recorded as saying, Mr. Estrada holds positions that are extreme far-right;that could be interpreted as ultra-far-right. To say that Miguel Estrada got the same, or even similar, treatment from the Democrat Party as has already been given to Sonia Sotomayor would be laughably wrong. (Human Events Online)
Obama defends budget, furor grows over AIG Mar 19, 2009
Thomas Daschle, nominee for health and human services secretary; Gov. Bill Richardson, commerce secretary nominee, and Nancy Killefer, appointed as the White House's chief federal performance officer. . (Havre Daily News, MT)
White House computer chief reinstated after raid Mar 18, 2009
Thomas Daschle, nominee for health and human services secretary; Gov. Bill Richardson, commerce secretary nominee, and Nancy Killefer, appointed as the White House's chief federal performance officer. Kundra pleaded guilty in Maryland District Court in Rockville to theft of less than $300 on Aug. 27, 1996. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Obama Computer Chief Guilty of Theft in 1996 Mar 18, 2009
Thomas Daschle, nominee for health and human services secretary; Gov. Bill Richardson, commerce secretary nominee, and Nancy Killefer, appointed as the White House's chief federal performance officer. The White House would not immediately say whether it knew of Kundra's guilty plea before announcing his appointment. (Newsmax)
Chinese American likely Obama commerce pick Feb 24, 2009
He is still searching for a candidate to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, after former Senate Democratic leader Thomas Daschle ran into obstacles. Both Daschle and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner were involved in tax controversies. (Xinhuanet, China)
Obama's team is scandal-ridden Feb 21, 2009
Thomas Daschle, was up for secretary for Health and Humans Services, before it came out that he owed 146,000 in back taxes. Timothy Geithner was appointed as treasury secretary, is getting a pass by claiming not to have known that he had to pay taxes on gross income. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
EDITORIAL: Arguments for a simpler tax code Feb 13, 2009
Thomas Daschle withdrew from consideration as secretary of Health and Human Services over $140,167 in taxes and interest because he failed to treat the use of a company-provided car and driver for three years as taxable income. Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner was roughed up in his confirmation hearings because of $34,023 in payroll taxes from a two-year stint with the International Monetary Fund. (Ipswich Chronicle, MA)
Daschle's Duplicity Feb 7, 2009
Weekly Standard: Be The Tax Dodges Large Or Small, Thomas Daschle Has Loved Them All ... And they would have discovered a sad truth: Be the tax dodges large or small, Thomas Daschle has loved them all. (CBS News)
