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...wonder they were in a good mood. The debate was unscripted, a reminder of how the place operated in the freewheeling days when Senators actually used the brass spittoons under the antique desks. Such spontaneity is rare under Majority Leader Trent Lott, who does his best to precook and shrink-wrap bills before they reach the floor. But in this debate, neither side knew in advance what amendments the other was putting forward, and no one knew how most of the votes would come out. "I couldn't tell you today whether [an amendment] is going to get 20 votes...
...support of McCain's reform bill while knowing that procedural roadblocks thrown up by Republicans would keep it from coming to a vote. "But this time we're playing with real bullets," says G.O.P. Senator Chuck Hagel, who is sponsoring a rival bill. Senate majority leader Trent Lott has agreed to let McCain and his Democratic co-sponsor, Russell Feingold of Wisconsin, have their vote within two weeks. The House is poised to pass a similar measure, which means Congress could finally pass a bill that cuts off hundreds of millions of campaign dollars...
...promised filibuster from Mitch McConnell - to get his legislation into floor debate, and for each tilt at the windmill McCain enjoyed unanimous Democratic support. This year, with the Senate at 50-50 and McCain still enjoying some political pop from his equally quixotic presidential run, McConnell and Trent Lott have had to cut a deal with Bush's No. 1 saddle burr and give McCain-Feingold its due chance at becoming...
...Even Trent Lott, bowing to the realities of his joint-checking-account relationship with Daschle, is tapping the brake. "The Senate is going to be more inclined to take up the entire package" after the budget is passed later in the spring, Lott said Monday. "Our goal is to try to find a bill that will have total Republican support and a lot of Democrats...
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER Trent Lott Leader Laura Bush First...