Word: lott
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...House side, only the ranking Ways and Means members--Republican Representative Bill Thomas and Democrat Charles Rangel--were involved in late-hour haggling. Among the Senators, the conferees included Republicans Charles Grassley, Trent Lott and Don Nickles and Democrats Max Baucus, Tom Daschle, Jay Rockefeller and John Breaux. But for most of the final 48-hour marathon to complete the bill on the Thursday and Friday before Memorial Day, only Grassley, Thomas, Breaux and Baucus were actually in the room...
Republicans are putting on war paint. Lott is under fire from conservatives who think he has been too accommodating. So far, he isn't in danger of being ousted. Lott insists that "I know how" to be minority leader...
...ceremony this week transferring Senate control from Republicans to Democrats is a subtle one. The presiding officer simply recognizes Daschle instead of Republican Trent Lott when the two come to the floor. But Bush, Daschle and Lott know the power shift is momentous, so all three have new battle plans...
...districts that refuse to let Boy Scouts use their schools because the groups won't admit gay members. Two of the endangered districts are in Kennedy's Massachusetts. G.O.P. whip Don Nickles has tax-cut amendments to tack on to next week's patient's bill of rights. And Lott threatens a filibuster to keep Democrats from organizing the Senate under their control if Daschle won't let him have floor votes on Bush nominees that are bottled up in committee...
...President Bush, and he has enjoyed fairly warm relations with the White House since. That midwinter olive branch could prove invaluable to both Bush and Daschle as the two men ease into a new relationship. On the Senate floor, Daschle?s primary adversary will be minority leader Trent Lott - who enjoys a long-standing friendship with his Democratic counterpart...