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...most serious incident, a piece of mail sent to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) tested positive for anthrax and forced a halt to all mail delivery in the Capitol building complex...
...things get out of hand, it may also mean a trade war between the U.S. and Europe to replace the banana-themed skirmish the two regions just settled. U.S. senators Phil Gramm (R-Tx.), Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) and John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) - the latter two new chairmen of influential Senate committees - accused EU regulators of protectionism and warned of a possible "chilling effect" on trans-Atlantic relations...
...even if passed, will this extremely large tax cut jumpstart the economy? History resoundingly says no. As Sen. Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) said in the Democratic response to the address, Republican leaders asserted to a Democratic Congress that the 1981 tax cut would "trickle down" and improve the economy. But these cuts failed to help most Americans. Deficit spending increased and the national debt increased by the highest percentage ever. We must not make that mistake again...
...results of the past election have left the Senate split 50-50, and until Vice President-elect Dick Cheney takes office Jan. 20, the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Al Gore '69 means the Democrats control the chamber--and its calendar. Although Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) has expressed discomfort with advancing a full legislative agenda during these next two weeks, he should feel no qualms in bringing the McCain-Feingold bill to the floor so that the Senate would be forced to consider the measure in open debate. McCain believes he has the 60 votes...
...Erstwhile minority leader Tom Daschle, (D-S.D.) maintained Tuesday on ABC's "Good Morning America" that he does not plan to use the next two weeks to steamroll legislation, but rather to provide the GOP with "a good example" of cooperation. "We want to show what you can really do with bipartisanship." That appeal for teamwork, of course, may disintegrate quickly with the introduction of President-elect Bush's $1.3 trillion tax cut plan, or as the more contentious Cabinet nominations make their way to the Hill...