Word: lott
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...four-fifths of the economic benefits calculated by the Corps would go to flood-prone farmers who already collect gigantic subsidies to grow soybeans on marginal land. And the federal government is on the hook for the entire $220 million bill, because Mississippi Republican Senators Thad Cochran and Trent Lott slipped through a provision waiving local cost-sharing rules for the project...
...Lott recently quit the Senate. Cochran no longer chairs the appropriations committee. And the Bush Administration - despite its sympathy for drilling, mining and logging, and its skepticism of regulation - has been as green as a general's uniform when it comes to the Army Corps. Usually, the motivation has been a desire to eliminate waste and challenge congressional prerogatives rather than save the earth. So what...
...former Majority Leader Trent Lott became the seventh Republican to announce plans to depart the Senate. The move has fanned Democratic hopes of a 60-vote, filibuster-proof majority in that chamber and GOP fears that the party is in a downward spiral...
...Lott plans to step down before the end of the year, which means Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour can replace him with a Republican who can then run as an incumbent in a special election next year. But retiring GOP Senators from Virginia, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico and Idaho are all planning to serve out their terms--leaving their seats open to challengers and, in many cases, divisive and expensive primaries. Republicans also have four vulnerable Senators running in purple states in 2008: New Hampshire, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon; some of them are trailing in polls. Senator Ted Stevens' corruption woes...
...Stevens, an Alaska Republican, was outraged that the attack came from his own party, and he is not alone. Along the way DeMint and Coburn have angered the leadership of both parties and a lot of Senators. Senator Trent Lott, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, was so incensed at the role they played in killing the immigration bill that he revoked the $7,500 in funds they get from the leadership to help maintain their offices (the bulk of their funding, however, comes from fees that Senators pay to be members). While he recognizes what they're trying...