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...have its first candidate who is not named Gore. Conservative Missouri Sen. John Ashcroft is schmoozing with media consultants, talking with conservative grassroots groups and planning visits to New Hampshire and Louisiana as he mulls a bid for the GOP presidential nomination. Next stop :a chat with Trent Lott to discuss his ambitions. With support from conservatives and the religious right, Ashcroft may have a shot. Certainly, he and Bill Weld would make for a great debate...
...with major Caribbean interests, is former Reagan aide KEN DUBERSTEIN. Also coming out of the closet on this issue is PRESIDENT CLINTON, a close friend of Sara Lee Corp. CEO and Democratic fund-raising bigwig JOHN BRYAN. Clinton, long in favor of the provision, phoned Senate majority leader TRENT LOTT late last week to make clear his support for the bill. At the moment, most of the honorable gentlemen seem to prefer Hanes...
...Washington between votes on highway bills. The House and Senate should adopt new rules: No member of the House or Senate may hold, participate in or attend political fund-raising activities while his or her branch of Congress is open for business. Here's my favorite part: if Trent Lott and Newt Gingrich bring it to a vote, no one will vote against...
...cutoff date for funding U.S. troops in Bosnia to force the soldiers home. Instead, Senators settled for a non-binding resolution in support of the June 30 deadline already promised by the Clinton administration. After Senator Russell Feingold's cutoff proposal met with strong objection from majority leader Trent Lott, and others, the compromise resolution finally ensured that nothing would change for the troops. TIME's Mark Thompson wasn't too surprised that politics had once again stopped at the water's edge. "I don't believe Congress would ever really cut off funding," he said. "They talk...
BILL CLINTON Court allows line-item veto. Now we'll see if Trent Lott gets ship-building dough for his district...