User:Dauster

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Senator Harry Reid and Dauster on the Senate floor April 10, 2014

Bill Dauster is a lawyer, economist, and speechwriter[1] who has served on United States Senate,[2] White House,[3] and political campaign[4] staffs since 1986, and currently works as deputy chief of staff for policy for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.[5] Dauster helped manage Senate passage of several budget resolutions[6] and budget reconciliation bills,[7] the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings restoration of 1987, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990,[8] President Clinton's first budget in 1993,[9] the Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997 and 2007–2009, McCain-Feingold in 2002, the Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003, the Affordable Care Act,[10] the Budget Control Act of 2011, the 2012 highway bill, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, the Water Resources Development Act of 2013,[11] the immigration reform bill of 2013,[12] the legislation to end the Government shutdown of 2013, and the 2013 filibuster reforms. He has written four books,[13] including Budget Process Law Annotated and Trade Promotion Authority Annotated, and numerous articles.[14] He is married to Federal Election Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub.[15] Through the efforts of long-time friend and former Secretary for the Majority Martin P. Paone, a parliamentary consultant to the television program House of Cards, the name of a Senator Dauster is called during roll-call votes in the program's second season. The real-life Dauster studies Torah at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, Maryland. He writes the "Weekly Torah portion" section at Portal:Judaism and since October 2005, has written and expanded Wikipedia articles on each of the 54 weekly Torah portions.[16] He has originated or significantly expanded the following Wikipedia and Wikisource articles and sections of articles:

Numbers 18:27-30 in a Torah Scroll

On Torah:[edit]

Abraham Lubin, Acharei Mot, Adda bar Ahavah, Avot 1:12, Avot 1:13, Avot 1:15, Avot 1:16, Avot 1:17, Avot 1:18, Avot 2:1, Avot 2:2, Avot 3:1, Avot 3:2, Avot 3:6, Avot 5:4, Avot 5:6, Avot 5:8, Avot 5:21, Avot 6:10, Avot 6:11, Avot Chapter 2, Avot Chapter 3, Avot Chapter 4, Avot Chapter 5, Avot Chapter 6, Balak (parsha), Bava Kamma 9:5, Bava Kamma Chapter 1, Bava Kamma Chapter 9, Bava Metzia 9:11, Bava Metzia 9:12, Bava Metzia Chapter 9, Bechukotai, Behaalotecha, Behar, Bemidbar (parsha), Bereshit (parsha), Beshalach, Bethuel, Bible Review, "Bibliography" in Book of Genesis, Bo (parsha), Chayei Sarah, Chukat, Congregation Beth El (Bethesda, Maryland), Daughters of Zelophehad, Devarim (parsha), Eikev, Emor, "Further reading" in Moses, Genesis Rabba, Haazinu, Herb Levinson, “In rabbinic literature” in Melchizedek, Jacob Milgrom, Jeshurun, Joshua ben Levi, Kedoshim, Keritot 6:9, Keritot Chapter 6, Ki Tavo, Ki Teitzei, Ki Tissa, Korach (parsha), Lech-Lecha, Leviticus Rabbah, "List of Haftarot" at Haftarah, Makkot 3:9, Makkot Chapter 3, Man of God, Martha daughter of Boethus, Masei, Matot, Metzora (parsha), Miketz, Milcah, Mishpatim, Modeh ani, Naso (parsha), Nedarim 11:3, Nedarim Chapter 11, Nitzavim, Noach (parsha), Numbers Rabbah, Nun (biblical figure), Oktzin Chapter 1, Paddan Aram, Parah 8:3, Parah Chapter 8, Pekudei, Pesachim 1:4, Pesachim 1:5, Pesachim 1:6, Pesachim 1:7, Pesachim 9:1, Pesachim 9:2, Pesachim 9:3, Pesachim 10:1, Pesachim 10:2, Pesachim 10:3, Pesachim 10:4, Pesachim 10:5, Pesachim Chapter 9, Pesachim Chapter 10, Pinechas (parsha), Re'eh, Seder Tahorot, Shemini (parsha), Shemot (parsha), Shlach, Shofetim (parsha), Shoftim, Tamid 5:1, Tamid Chapter 5, Tazria, Template:Weekly Torah Portions, Terumah (parsha), Tetzaveh, Toledot, Tractate Bava Kamma, Tractate Bava Metzia, Tractate Keritot, Tractate Makkot, Tractate Oktzin, Tractate Parah, Tractate Tamid, Tzav (parsha), Va'eira, Va'etchanan, Vayakhel, Vaychi, Vayeira, Vayelech, Vayeshev, Vayetze, Vayigash, Vayikra (parsha), Vayishlach, V'Zot HaBerachah, Walter Brueggemann, and Yitro (parsha).

Since July 2008, he has also uploaded images related to the Hebrew Bible at Wikimedia Commons. See his page there.

The Senate side of the United States Capitol

On government:[edit]

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, "Commissioners" in Federal Election Commission, Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Congressional Review Act, Fast track (trade), Finance Committee (disambiguation page), "Further reading" in United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Gary B. Myrick, Independent Payment Advisory Board, Jack Lew, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lula J. Davis, Reconciliation (United States Congress), Robert A. Sunshine, Roger Wolfson, United States Congress Conference committee, United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, and United States National Economic Council.

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Contributions:[edit]

He has also contributed to articles on Abraham Joshua Heschel, Adda, Alan B. Krueger, Alan Frumin, Amminadab, Amora, Amy-Jill Levine, Anita Diamant, Appropriation bill, April 15, April 27, April 29, Article One of the United States Constitution, Aufruf, August 1, August 8, August 12, August 18, August 27, August 29, Aviv, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, Balaam, Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Berakhot (Talmud), Bible, Bill Frist, Binding of Isaac, Bithiah, Book of Deuteronomy, Book of Exodus, Book of Genesis, Book of Numbers, Books of Samuel, Bop Gun (Homicide: Life on the Street), Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, Congressional Budget Office, Cynthia Culpeper, Dan, Daniel Tarullo, Darci Vetter, David J. Schiappa, December 1, December 6, December 10, December 11, December 13, December 16, December 24, December 26, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, DePaul University Alumni, Dick Durbin, Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Ecclesiastes, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Emma Lazarus, Everett Fox, Fear and Trembling, February 4, February 13, Filibuster, Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, Freedom of information in the United States, Girolamo dai Libri, Golden calf, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act, Green Acres, Gunther Plaut, Halligan (surname), Ham, son of Noah, Henry Waxman, Heresy of Peor, Hiyya, Homicide: Life on the Street, Howard Baker, Hyam Maccoby, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Isaac ben Moses Arama, Israel–Jordan peace treaty, Jamie M. Morin, January 8, January 9, January 10, January 11, January 28, Jason Furman, Jeffrey Chiesa, Jephunneh, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jim Sasser, Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Jochebed, Joe Lieberman, John Dickerson (journalist), John Ensign, John Warner‎, Jon Leibowitz, Joseph and His Brothers, Julian Castro, July 17, July 21, June 14, June 16, June 17, June 26, Karaite Judaism, Kathryn Harrold, Keith Hennessey, Korah, Korban, Kris M. Balderston, Lady Louise Windsor, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Lawton Chiles, Leviticus, Leviticus 18, Lisa Monaco, List of authors by name: B, List of Jewish American politicians , List of Jewish prayers and blessings, List of theological journals, List of University of Cincinnati people, March 15, March 24, March 30, Marc Zvi Brettler, Mary Douglas, May 10, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Menasseh Ben Israel, Mezuzah, Michael Broyde, Michael Fishbane, Midrash, Nashim, National Labor Relations Act, Nina Beth Cardin, Nina Pillard, November 3, November 7, November 19, November 30, Nuclear option, October 9, October 10, October 11, October 17, October 18, October 22, Office of Management and Budget, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, On, Operation Entebbe, Orpheus, Qur'an, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Patricia Millett, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, Peter R. Orszag, Phinehas, Portal: Bible, Purim, Rashbam, Reuven Hammer, Robert Alter, Robert A. McDonald, Robert L. Wilkins, Rod Grams, Rona Shapiro, Ron Wyden, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Seniority in the United States Senate, September 5, September 6, September 13, September 14, September 17, September 22, September 30, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate, Sharon Brous, Shem, Shmuel Herzfeld, 613 mitzvot, Sodom and Gomorrah, Special Sabbaths, Talmud, Tamar (Bible), Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Tzaraath, Tefillin, Template:USSenChairs, Temple Beth-El, Temple Beth El (Alpena, Michigan), Temple Beth-El (Corsicana, Texas), Temple Beth El (Detroit, Michigan), Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York), Temple Beth-El (Jersey City, New Jersey), Temple Beth-El (Providence, Rhode Island), Terah, The Exodus, Timothy F. Geithner, Torah, Torah study, Tosefta, Trade Act of 1974, Trade Act of 2002, United States Department of the Treasury, United States Office of Management and Budget, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate Committee on Finance, United States Senate Committee on the Budget, United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Weekly Torah portion, WHHL, Wickard v. Filburn, Wilfred Owen, William Artaud, and Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ For speeches from the 1990s and 2000s, see "A Progressive Voice".
  2. ^ Roll Call reporters and editors have repeatedly cited Dauster among leading Capitol Hill staffers. See, e.g., "The Roll Call Fabulous 50," Roll Call, January 16, 2014; "The Fabulous 50," Roll Call, February 12, 2013, page 18; “The Roll Call Fabulous 50,” Roll Call, September 13, 2012, page B-11; “The Roll Call Fabulous 50,” Roll Call, January 23, 2012, page B-8; “Roll Call’s Fabulous Fifty,” Roll Call, January 26, 1998, page B-24. See also “Tribute to William Dauster,” Congressional Record, volume 143 (March 4, 1997) (statement of Senator Ernest Hollings). "Bill Dauster" in Insider's Guide to Key Committee Staff of the U.S. Congress, 2009. Edited by Suzanne Struglinski, page 633. Lanham, Maryland: Bernan Press, 22nd Edition, 2009. ISBN 1-59888-306-2.
  3. ^ See, e.g., “People: At the White House,” National Journal, April 3, 1999, page 894; “Moving Left,” The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 1999, page A1, column 5; Al Kamen, “Sperling’s National Beef Council,” The Washington Post, April 2, 1999, page A27.
  4. ^ See Robert Novak, “Wellstone’s Gain,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 28, 1998; “Quayle, Wellstone Forming Staffs,” The Washington Post, July 12, 1998, page A14.
  5. ^ See, e.g., "Bill Dauster". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 9, 2013.  Lori Montgomery, “For GOP, Who’ll Make the Deal? Key Aides’ Departures Darken Outlook for Accord on Debt,” The Washington Post, August 9, 2013, pages A1, A12 (calling Dauster “a senior aide handling policy and floor operations for Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid”).
  6. ^ See, e.g., Congressional Record, volume 139, page S3708 (March 25, 1993) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser); Congressional Record, volume 138, page S5492 (April 10, 1992) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser); Congressional Record, volume 138, page S4900 (April 7, 1992) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser); Congressional Record, volume 137, page S6340 (May 22, 1991) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser); Congressional Record, volume 137, page S4805 (April 23, 1991) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser); Congressional Record, volume 136, page S14710 (October 8, 1990) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser).
  7. ^ See, e.g., Congressional Record, volume 136, pages S17705, S17550 (October 27, 1990) (statements of Senators Robert Byrd and Jim Sasser); Congressional Record, volume 135, page S16644 (November 21, 1989) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser).
  8. ^ See Lawrence J. Haas, “A Staff Mechanic for Budget Repairs,” National Journal, November 10, 1990, page 2754; Congressional Record, volume 136, pages S17705, S17550 (October 27, 1990) (statements of Senators Robert Byrd and Jim Sasser).
  9. ^ See Congressional Record, volume 139, page S3708 (March 25, 1993) (statement of Senator Jim Sasser).
  10. ^ See Manuel Roig-Franzia, "Positively Hush With Power," The Washington Post, October 01, 2009, pages C1, C7.
  11. ^ See Congressional Record, volume 159, page S3498 (May 15, 2013) (statement of Senator Barbara Boxer).
  12. ^ See Congressional Record, volume 159, pages S5354 and S5479 (June 27, 2013) (statements of Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Schumer).
  13. ^ Trade Promotion Authority Annotated. 289 pages. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2007. (Senate print 110-10). Budget Process Law Annotated: 1993 Edition. 857 pages. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1993. (Senate print 103-49). Budget Process Law Annotated. 726 pages. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1991. (Senate Print 102-22). Congressional Budget Act Annotated. 665 pages. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1990. (Senate Print 101-86).
  14. ^ “The Congressional Budget Process,” chapter 1 in Fiscal Challenges: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Budget Policy, edited by Elizabeth Garrett, Howell Jackson, Elizabeth Graddy, pages 4–38 (Cambridge University Press, 2008); “We Cannot Buy Golden Opportunities With Tin-Cup Budgets” (with Paul Wellstone), The Progressive, January 1999, pages 44–47; “The Monster that Ate the United States Senate,” Public Budgeting & Finance, volume 18 (Summer 1998), pages 87–93; “Trickle Down Snake Oil System,” The Sunday Journal (of suburban Washington, D.C.), January 5, 1997, page A4; “Clinton Rewards Loyalty with More of the Same,” The Sunday Journal, December 29, 1996, page A4; “Diet COLA Will Be Hard To Swallow,” The Sunday Journal, December 22, 1996, page A4; “Love Is Blind: People Should Honor All Kinds of Marriages,” The Sunday Journal, December 15, 1996, page A4; “Privatizing Social Security a Risk,” The Sunday Journal, December 8, 1996, page A4; “Thanksgiving Is a Reminder that Life Here Is Pretty Good,” The Sunday Journal, December 1, 1996, page A4; “It’s Not Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: The Senate Filibuster Ain’t What it Used To Be,” Washington Monthly, November 1996, pages 34–36; “Campaign Financing a High Price To Pay,” The Sunday Journal, November 24, 1996, page A4; “Who Needs Term Limits When We’ve Got Elections?” The Sunday Journal, November 17, 1996, page A4; “Clinton’s Bid To Make History,” The Sunday Journal, November 10, 1996, page A4; “High Stakes for Foreign Policy in Senate Elections,” The Sunday Journal, November 3, 1996, page A4; “Ending Corporate Tax Breaks,” The Sunday Journal, October 27, 1996, page A4; “The Page-Turning Tomes of Presidential Candidates (Yawn),” The Sunday Journal, October 20, 1996, page A4; “Newt’s Congress Talks Big Game but Strikes Out on Delivery,” The Sunday Journal, October 13, 1996, page A4; “Five-Man Senate? Rewriting the Rules on Conferences,” Roll Call, October 10, 1996, page 5; “The Government Shrank, but No One Really Cared,” The Sunday Journal, September 29, 1996, page A4; “Education or Catastrophe? Congress Battling Legislation,” The Sunday Journal, September 22, 1996, page A4; “Dole’s Tax Cuts: U.S. Bankruptcy or Economic Gain,” The Sunday Journal, September 15, 1996, page A4; “Senate E-Mail Rules Are No Joke,” The Hill, September 11, 1996, page 19; “Protecting Social Security and Medicare,” Harvard Journal on Legislation, volume 33 (Summer 1996), pages 461–509; “The Day the Senate Died: Budget Measure Weakens Minority,” Roll Call, May 30, 1996, page 5, reprinted in Congressional Record, volume 142, pages S6135–36 (June 12, 1996); “Who Will Care for Our Matthews? The Governors’ Proposals for Medicaid, Welfare Remove the Safety Net for Those Who Cannot Care for Themselves,” Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1996, page B5; “Budget Process Issues for 1993,” Journal of Law & Politics (of the University of Virginia School of Law), volume 9 (Fall 1992), pages 9–38; “Budget Emergencies,” Journal of Legislation (of Notre Dame Law School), volume 18 (Spring 1992), pages 249–315.
  15. ^ “Ellen Weintraub Wed to William G. Dauster,” The New York Times, May 11, 1986, section 1, part 2, page 48.
  16. ^ For a profile of Dauster’s Torah Wikipedia editing, see, e.g., David Gutman. “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night.” La Crosse Tribune. (September 29, 2012). Similar stories ran in the The Detroit News; The Herald-Sun of Durham, North Carolina; The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina; The Telegraph of Macon, Georgia; The Herald of Rock Hill, South Carolina; the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin; The Bellingham Herald; the Idaho Statesman; the Billings Gazette; The State of Columbia, South Carolina; the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin; The Observer of Corning, New York; The Paducah Sun; the Tri-City Herald of Kennewick, Washington; the Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia; The Bradenton Herald; The Beaufort Gazette; Politico; “Senate Legal Expert Drawn to Torah Produced Detailed Web Analysis of Scripture,” Press-Register (of Mobile County, Alabama) (October 5, 2012), page 2D; “Senate Legal Expert Drawn to Torah Produced Detailed Web Analysis of Scripture,” The Birmingham News (October 5, 2012), page 2H; Star-News (of Wilmington, North Carolina), (September 29, 2012), page 6B; “Torah Study Labor of Love for Senate Staffer,” The Monterey County Herald (September 29, 2012); “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night,” Deseret News (September 29, 2012); “Washington: Senior Aide to Harry Reid Writes About Torah Law After Hours,” Vos Iz Neias? (September 29, 2012); “US Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night; Senate Staffer Has Produced Some of the Web's Most Detailed Analysis of the Torah,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (September 28, 2012), page A-6; “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night,” Press & Dakotan (of Yankton, South Dakota) (September 28, 2012), page 6A; “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night,” The Kansas City Star (September 27, 2012); “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night,” The Charlotte Observer (September 26, 2012); “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night,” The Sacramento Bee (September 26, 2012); “Senate Staffer Writes on U.S. Law by Day, Jewish Law by Night,” Sun Herald (of Biloxi, Mississippi) (September 26, 2012). For another profile, see Marilyn Werber Serafini, “Nose in the Scrolls,” National Journal. For profiles of the Capitol Hill Torah study in which he takes part, see Casey Hynes, “Staffers Seek Hill Inspiration,” Roll Call, January 6, 2009, pages 28, 30; Bree Hocking and Daniel Heim, “Reaching Out to the Hill’s Many Faiths,” Roll Call, June 11, 2007, pages 31–33 (photo of the group on page 32).
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