Problems in the health care system have only grown more severe since a series of health care meetings more than two years ago yielded few results. So President-elect Barack Obama's transition team has set up a new round of public sessions it hopes will translate into real changes this time. Complete Story...
Drawing on lessons from past debates, President-elect Barack Obama handed Tom Daschle two prime jobs Thursday and one gigantic assignment: overhauling the health care system so more people are covered by insurance.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle says he's looking to implement health care reform from the "grass roots up."
President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday named three veteran regulators to round out his economic team and vowed to revamp regulatory rules to prevent a repeat of the financial and economic debacles the country is suffering through.
Tom Daschle's new job as secretary of Health and Human Services would mark his return to Washington politics after a bitter Senate defeat left him searching for a way to stay involved.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. The appointment has not been announced, but these officials said the job is Daschle's, barring an unforeseen problem as Obama's team reviews the background of the South Dakota Democrat.
President-elect Barack Obama is seriously considering selecting former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle as his secretary of Health and Human Services, a person close to the deliberations said Wednesday.
Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle said Monday there is no chance Barack Obama will pick him as a running mate.
Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, whose office was a target of the anthrax attacks in 2001, said Sunday the suicide of the government's main suspect does not mean the case is over.
Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement Wednesday of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who said the White House hopeful "personifies the future of Democratic leadership in our country."
Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, accusing the GOP of spreading a message of fear, says he is considering a 2008 presidential bid.