Word: lotte
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Reagan troops expected this sort of thing from the Ford backers, but also braced themselves for the expected assault from conservative supporters-yet they were jolted by its ferocity. Fumed Mississippi Congressman Trent Lott: "He blew it. Reagan took a long shot, and it isn't going to pay off." Later Lott switched to Ford. North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms had been given advance word in a phone call from Reagan at 9:05 p.m. Sunday. "I looked at my watch because I wanted to know the time in my life when I was most shocked." Helms called...
...four Republicans who supported Nixon by voting against impeachment and were returned to their seats in the House were Representatives C. Trent Lott (Miss.), Delbert L. Latta (Ohio), Edward Hutchinson (Mich.) and Charles E. Wiggins (Calif...
...Lawyer St. Clair. He headed for the Capitol in a black limousine to brief the men who had stuck their political necks out for the President in the House Judiciary Committee meetings: the ten Republicans who had opposed every article of impeachment. All but Mississippi's Trent Lott and Iowa's Wiley Mayne were able to attend the meeting in the office of Republican House Whip Leslie Arends...
Even the Judiciary Committee's Edward Hutchinson made his turnabout official. "I feel that I have been deceived," he said, declaring that he would vote for impeachment "with a heavy heart." Arriving in Washington from Mississippi, Lott also confirmed his reversal on impeachment. He had reacted to the new evidence, he said...
...LOTT: I would ask my colleague from South Carolina, who is the underdog...