Word: lott
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...barrels, partisanship, gridlock and the refusal of individuals to occasionally heed their consciences instead of their parties. It is why smart men like Bill Bradley and Sam Nunn and Warren Rudman gave up on the Senate entirely, and why McCain can't seem to get a thing past Trent Lott. America seems to agree with him, but it may be long past trusting anyone in office to do anything about...
...then there were... six? After the New York Times Wednesday named Trent Lott and Mitch McConnell as the two mystery senators who put secret "holds" on Richard Holbrooke's nomination as United Nations ambassador, at least one and perhaps as many as three more senators are putting their weight on the brakes. George Voinovich of Ohio has joined Lott, McConnell and Charles Grassley - the first senator to object - in seeking to hold up Holbrooke's confirmation until their demands are met. While Voinovich's reasons are not yet clear, for McConnell and Lott, the motive was campaign-finance reform...
...Senate watchers will know that Kentucky GOPer McConnell has long been campaign-finance reform?s brick wall in the upper chamber, which has been unable to come up with the 60 votes to overcome his filibuster; party leader Lott is always there to back up his deputy on the issue. The two used to brag openly that the campaign-finance issue has never won or lost an election ? and that raising more money, indeed, is the only surefire winner. But now that John McCain has made the issue the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, the Lott-led stalwarts...
...piece of campaign finance reform legislation, the Shays-Meehan bill, McCain, along with Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) tried again to pass their legislation. For a second time, the bill failed, by a vote of 52-48, 8 votes short breaking the filibuster led by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss...
...campaign finance reform legislation, the Shays-Meehan bill, McCain, along with Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) tried again to pass their legislation. For a second time, the bill failed, by a vote of 52-48, 8 votes short of breaking the filibuster led by Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss...