Finance Hearing on Daschle Set for Feb. 10
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services-designate Tom Daschle on Feb. 10, likely making the nominee the last of President Barack Obamas
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The Senate Finance Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Health and Human Services-designate Tom Daschle on Feb. 10, likely making the nominee the last of President Barack Obamas
Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), sending out aides to defend Daschles tax mistakes as accidents that must be viewed in the context of his years of public service.
In a decision in late December, Judge Stefan Underhill upheld a major part of the states groundbreaking campaign financing system, including one of the strictest pay-to-play bans in the country.
leader of the chambers Democrats.
Dingell will celebrate that milestone on Feb. 11 instead of Feb. 14, after the House Historians office revised the date.
Sam Brownbacks (R) seat in 2010, setting up a high-profile Republican primary pitting him against Rep. Jerry Moran. Brownback is considered likely to run for governor in 2010.
As author Doris Kearns Goodwin so effectively shows in her 2005 masterpiece, Team of Rivals, Lincolns rival Edwin M.
Daschles two-page letter outlines the clerical errors that led to his having to repay a large sum of money in back taxes.
[IMGCAP(1)]But before it gets better, its likely to look a whole lot worse, as the Senate appears set to add tens of billions of dollars more to the already $888 billion measure this week.
In one of the latest signs of the recessions reach, his company last month announced the first major layoffs in its history, saying it would slash 5,000 jobs.
Whats not known is when the fight will take place.
Jim Bunning (R-Ky.), who is considered his partys most endangered incumbent, reported a paltry $150,000 in cash on hand and just $28,000 raised in the fourth quarter of 2008.
Chamber of Commerce, which has launched a major offensive to kill the legislation, was skeptical of the effect of Wednesdays rally.
But he has insisted that he never sought or received favorable treatment and said he is switching mortgage companies in part to show that he is not a friend of Countrywides former Chief Executive Officer
The media blitz includes three different variations on an economic recovery message, plus an ad on childrens health care in targeted districts across the county.
Club for Growth spokeswoman Nachama Soloveichik said that a number of lawmakers on last years list were defeated or retired, and others have not yet decided what to do.
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