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...keep the government running--especially after conservatives got so angry with them when they did it in 1998. "This year, if spending means so much to him, the President will have to justify dipping into the Social Security trust fund," says John Czwartacki, spokesman for Senate majority leader Trent Lott...
Almost immediately, U.S. officials complained that the Bake-Off had been "unorthodox." The issue was rekindled in August when Senate majority leader Trent Lott complained that the U.S. had "given the farm away without a shot being fired." In particular, said Lott, the deal means "U.S. naval ships will be at the mercy of Chinese-controlled pilots and could even be denied passage by Hutchison," which he calls "an arm of the People's Liberation Army...
...passed the House by a wide margin, even drawing 61 Republican votes. It is likely to pass again when it is brought up in September, despite attempts by the Republican leadership to kill it with parliamentary maneuvering. The real hang-up is in the Senate, where majority leader Trent Lott has promised that a bill co-sponsored by McCain and Democrat Russ Feingold will be voted on by Oct. 12. The measure got 52 votes last year, a majority but well short of the 60 votes needed to break the filibuster mounted by their main foe, Republican Mitch McConnell...
...point to Switzerland, where there is a gun in every home and crime is practically nonexistent. Nor do they cite as sources criminology professor Gary Kleck of Florida State University, whose studies have shown that gun ownership reduces crime when gun owners defend themselves, or Professor John R. Lott Jr. of the University of Chicago Law School, whose research has indicated that gun regulation actually encourages crime...
...upper limit is $300 billion, but he?ll go higher in a pinch -- or it?s going to disappear completely. And by way of pre-negotiation negotiation, both sides will be insisting all month that that?s OK with them. "Sometimes inaction is better than wrong action," said Trent Lott on Tuesday, sounding just like White House wonk Gene Sperling did on Sunday. If no deal gets done, this year?s surplus goes straight into debt repayment ? something nobody is against these days. And although Roth has a way with bipartisanship, a standoff seems the likeliest possibility. "Clinton has successfully...