Daschle’s Woes Test An Insider’s Insider
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 3rd, 2009 5:32 am by HL
Daschle’s Woes Test An Insider’s Insider
As he battles this week to save his nomination to be secretary of health and human services, one thing is certain: No one in Washington has a better-positioned network of allies in the Obama administration than Thomas A. Daschle.
Senate Panel Probing ’04 Corporate Tax Break
A Senate committee has launched an investigation into potential abuses of a 2004 law that granted a one-time tax holiday to multinational corporations returning foreign earnings to the United States. The probe is intended to dampen enthusiasm for tucking a similar provision into the Senate’s $884…
Obama Is Upbeat On Stimulus Plan
President Obama yesterday played down what he called “modest differences” between Republican and Democratic lawmakers working to craft an economic recovery package and expressed optimism that action on a massive spending plan will be finalized soon.
Obama Faults FDA on Food Safety
President Obama had critical words for the Food and Drug Administration yesterday in the midst of a massive recall of peanut products linked to a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness that has killed eight people and sickened another 550.