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...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...
...term Governor who had spent much of the 1990s turning the Republican Governors Association from a paper tiger into an organization that could raise $20 million in a single cycle. During 1998, Engler was the Republican who worried most about how the G.O.P. of Gingrich and Trent Lott had grown too detached from Americans' lives. "A lot of us decided he was the best candidate," Engler told TIME last week. "We wanted to be able to work with someone early on." Though careful to be discreet, Engler privately began to lobby his colleagues on the phone or in meetings...
...nearly 30 years since the birth of the American gay rights movement in 1969, there remains a large and growing homophobia from coast to coast. According to a recent Gallup poll, 59 percent of Americans believe homosexual behavior is morally wrong. And last summer, Senate Majority Trent Lott (R-Miss.) compared homosexuals to Kleptomaniacs and alcoholics...
...best. There are more of those to give, more causes to pursue, more crises to smooth over and more sunsets to watch from the Truman Balcony. It is generous of her to give up the wealth that awaits her after the White House for the chance to answer Trent Lott's quorum calls. But there are other ways to serve. If nothing else, before making up her mind, she should try out the middle seat on the Delta Shuttle in place of the soft cocoon of Air Force One. Now that's a reality check...