Ask Daschle if he'd like to take credit for joining Sen. Kerry in attempting to strip $5 Billion out of intelligence for the 1994 - 1998 time period, freezing their budget during that critical period. And that was only part of the evisceration of defense programs contained in that bill. Ask Daschle why he was one of only 9 of the most liberal senators to support that bill that even their own party could not stomach.
Deficit Reduction Act of 1994 S.1826 (the 103rd Congress)