Word: lotte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ultimate triumph of his long march to the center, which almost none of the cheering Democrats behind him had backed. Down the street on the Capitol steps, Republican lawmakers and a flock of Boy Scouts with balloons gathered around the nearly deposed Newt Gingrich and the newly grandiloquent Trent Lott, who declared, "Today we celebrate the beginning of a new era of freedom." And his was about the most modest toast...
...what was a triumph of politics was also a failure of will, not because the politicians neglected to do what they had promised but because in a rare moment in history when so much more was possible, Bill Clinton and Gingrich and Lott did only what they had promised to do. In private, the architects admitted as much. On the telephone Wednesday afternoon Lott put it this way: "We didn't do nearly enough in spending restraint in my opinion. But to get what we wanted on the tax-relief side, we made some concessions." A White House official...
...nomination were to get past Helms, he would win confirmation handily. But he's applying outside-the-Beltway thinking to a purely inside-the-Beltway situation. He underestimates Washington's willingness to negotiate with terrorists who happen to run committees, the clubbiness of the Senate, and majority leader Trent Lott's reluctance to buck Helms...
...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...