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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (181195)	2/2/2009 1:47:18 PM
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Jenny Backus, a spokeswoman for Daschle, said the money he earned in speaking fees from health care interests do not pose a conflict for the health care reform Obama wants him to lead. weren't those the funds he 'forgot' to report as income? thought i heard that somewhere......looks like we got ourselves a two-fer.....tax cheat AND lobbyist from wiki: Following his election defeat, Daschle took a position with the lobbying arm of the K Street law firm Alston & Bird. Because he was prohibited by law from lobbying for one year after leaving the Senate,[23] he instead worked as a "special policy adviser" for the firm.[24][25] Alston & Bird's health care lobbying clients include CVS Caremark, the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, Abbott Laboratories and HealthSouth.[10] The firm was paid $5.8 million between January and September 2008 to represent companies and associations before Congress and the executive branch, with 60 percent of that money coming from the health industry