Word: lott
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...handout's chief sponsors are Republicans Jack Fields of Texas, who chairs the House telecommunications panel, and Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi. They argue that small TV broadcasters still need the subsidy, since they would be squeezed out of a spectrum auction by rich new competitors like AT&T, which can enter the TV business under the new law. Both large and small broadcasters are fighting back against Dole, noting that they will return the new channels after 15 years. Besides, they argue, without free airwaves they would have to charge viewers for digital programs...
After a week of negotiation, there came a day in April when the first major spending-cut bill of the G.O.P. Congress had reached a delicate final stage. That was when someone in the Senate cloakroom handed a slip of paper to Trent Lott of Mississippi, the second-ranking Senate Republican. On it was a column of figures -- the Democrats' final offer. Lott looked it over and paused. "I guess the only thing left to do is check this with the leader," he said. That would not be necessary. Poring over the numbers with him was a weary-looking blond...
...records. "There was never any intent to deceive," he said. "I had no reason to do so." Foster promised to lead a national campaign against teen pregnancies if confirmed. Does he have a chance? Even if the committee approves Foster, TIME correspondent Karen Tumulty reports, Majority Whip Trent Lott (R-Miss.) said today that the GOP leadership would not bring the nomination to a floor vote "if there was any hint of filibuster." Senator Phil Gramm has already threatened a filibuster if the nomination is brought to the floor...
...When I look at the Republicans, it is a fairlymean-spirited crowd," Kennedy said. "If youcombine [U.S. Sen.] Bob Dole (R-KA) or [U.S. Sen.]Phil Gramm (R-TX) as president, [U.S. Rep.] NewtGingrich (R-GA) as [House] Speaker and [U.S. Sen.]Trent Lott (R-Miss.) in the Senate, that is a verymean-spirited triumvirate...
...Republican consultant--his most prominent recent client is Senator Trent Lott from Mississippi, a Gingrich ally--is likely to have an even greater impact in the months to come. Last Friday Clinton officially formed his re-election committee, but there is still no one to run it. The President is said to be pressuring Trade Representative Mickey Kantor to take the chairman's job, though Kantor denies it. To shore up his perpetually battered political operation, Clinton is considering hiring Ed Reilly, a New York pollster, for a top White House communications job, and Marla Romash, a former Gore aide...