Word: lotte
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...Friday, after weeks of behind-the-scenes wrangling, the United States Senate's temporary majority leader, South Dakota Democrat Tom Daschle, and interim minority leader, Mississippi Republican Trent Lott, announced they had reached a power-sharing agreement designed to balance control in the evenly split chamber - and the Senate approved the pact in a voice vote the same day. Meanwhile, across the way, House Republicans were adjusting to another kind of power-sharing - within their own party...
...Republicans. The GOP will maintain the committee chairs, a nod to the fact that technically they will have a 51-50 advantage after Dick Cheney is sworn in as vice president on January 20. In the case of a death or resignation that alters the 50-50 balance, Lott and Daschle will reexamine the power-sharing scheme...
...Appearing before the press Friday afternoon, Daschle called the plan "if not miraculous, then at the very least historic." Lott was less enthusiastic, but agreed the deal "is a reasonable one, with a serious dose of reality." That may be reference to the shell shock Senate observers reportedly saw on Republicans' faces earlier this week when the words "majority leader" publicly preceded Daschle's name for the first time...
...Senate Democrats, of course, have a lot more to lose if their Republican counterparts snub bipartisan rhetoric - although the chamber itself will be evenly divided between the parties, Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) has not expressed any interest in opening committee leadership positions to Democrats. He has said, however, that he will consider a more equitable split among committee seats themselves in order to reflect the nearly perfect balance of power. Senator Phil Gramm, Republican of Texas, is less diplomatic in his dismissal of power-sharing schemes. "We're not 50 to 50," Gramm told the New York Times...
...TRENT LOTT Dude, you're a majority leader in name only when the Senate is split 50-50. Get ready to play well with others...