It looks like Tom Daschle is once again not completely exercising his vaunted clout to get the new, slimmed down energy bill passed. This also happened last fall. According to a Washington Post report this past Sunday, Daschle spokesman Todd Webster had the following to say about the new Republican approach to slim down the energy bill (which was done at Daschle's demand!) among others:
The new approach "just means the special interests they are rewarding are fewer and more narrowly focused, and they'll look even more irrelevant to ordinary Americans who are concerned about jobs, health care and education," said Todd Webster, communications director for Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.).
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