Saturday, January 31, 2009

HHS Nominee Daschle Faces Tax Questions..

ABC News has learned that the nomination of former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., to be President Obama's secretary of health and human services has hit a traffic snarl on its way through the Senate Finance Committee. The controversy deals with a car and driver lent to Daschle by a wealthy Democratic friend -- a chauffeur service the former senator used for years without declaring it on his taxes. It remains an open question as to whether this is a "speed bump," as a Democratic Senate ally of Daschle put it, or something more damaging...Link

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