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Report of Senate Finance Committee on Daschle

Sen Max Baucus and Sen Chuck Grassley of Senate Finance Committee

Statement from the Senate Finance Committee on the Nomination of Thomas A. Daschle: 

Thomas A. Daschle recently filed amended tax returns for 2005,2006 and 2007 reporting $128,203 in additional tax and $11,964 in interest. The adjustments resulted from additional [...]

HHS nominee Daschle failed to pay $128K in taxes

 

USA Today

Tom Daschle is the latest Obama nominee to not pay his taxes

Former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle,who is President Obama’s nominee to head the Health and Human Services Department,“recently filed amended tax returns to report $128,203 in back taxes and $11,964 in interest,according to a [...]

Biden Pursues an Activist Role

 

By Monica Landley,Wall Street Journal

VP Joe Biden shares a laugh with Hillary

 

 

Vice President Joe Biden,in a bid to become an influential second-in-command,is striving to carve out meaty roles for himself quickly.

In an East Room ceremony on Friday with [...]

Obama Ally Introduces Bill to Cap Salaries of CEOS from TARP-Receiving Companies

 

By Jake Tapper,ABC News

Some of the worst offenders were Obama supporters like Franklin Raines of Fannie Mae

At the Senate today,Sen. Claire McCaskill,D-Mo.,introduced legislation to cap the salaries of executives from companies that received federal bailout funds. The limit applies to salary,bonuses and stock options,[...]