The Thune camp has issued a press release headlined "Daschle votes 'absentee' after declaring Washington, DC as 'principal residence'" The subhead reads "Daschle sought and received 'homestead' tax break on Washington, D.C. mansion." The entire text of the press release is below:
South Dakota Republican Senate candidate John Thune today criticized Senator Tom Daschle for voting absentee after receiving a special tax break that required him to declare his Washington, D.C. mansion as his “principal place of residence.”“It is terribly ironic that Senator Daschle would vote by absentee in South Dakota when he has declared his ‘principal place of residence’ as Washington, D.C.,” Thune said. “Tom Daschle apparently thinks the $288 tax break he received by declaring Washington his ‘principal residence’ was worth it.”
Daschle and his wife, Linda Daschle, a Washington, D.C. lobbyist for the pharmaceutical giant Schering-Plough and other clients, voted by absentee in Aberdeen today. Linda Daschle has never lived in South Dakota.
Tom and Linda Daschle purchased a mansion in Washington, D.C. along fashionable Foxhall Road for $1.9 million in April 2003. Thy applied for and received a “homestead” tax break made available to those who declare their home to be their “principal place of residence” under District of Columbia law.
The Daschles received a $288 tax break in exchange for declaring their Washington, D.C. mansion as their “principal place of residence.”
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