Senate Finance Committee meets with Daschle on Capitol Hill in Washington
Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (L) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) walk to a meeting with the Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on February 2, 2009. The committee is meeting with Tom Daschle, who was nominated by U.S. President Barack Obama to head the Health and Human Services Department, and is under scrutiny over his failure to pay about $140,000 in back taxes and interest. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)
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