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Tom Daschle, a Democrat, was first elected to public office as one of South Dakota's Representatives in 1978. He was elected to represent that state in the United States Senate in 1986. Once entering the Senate, Daschle served on the influential Senate Finance Committee. After the 1994 midterm elections, Daschle became the Senate Minority Leader and then, from mid-2001 to early-2003 served as the Senate's Majority Leader. He lost in a reelection battle in 2004. In this interview, Senator Daschle comments on a range of key pieces of legislation related to taxes and budgeting.

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Title
Tom Daschle: Senator (D-SD), 1987-2005
Creator
Daschle, Tom, interviewee
Meeker, Martin, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2011
Full Collection Name
Slaying the Dragon of Debt: US Fiscal Politics and Policy Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Politics, Law, and Policy
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Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Daschle, Tom. "Tom Daschle: Senator (D-SD), 1987-2005." Interview by Martin Meeker in 2010. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2011.
Interview date(s) 2010
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