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WASHINGTON: The Senate is in an uproar over Trent Lott's comments Monday that homosexuality, far from being biological, "is a problem... just like alcohol." But don't expect Lott to recant...
WASHINGTON: Majority Leader Trent Lott likes to run the Senate his way -- and he usually succeeds. But despite being hailed as an aisle-crossing compromise, the sudden revival of the tobacco bill's prospects in the Senate is proof that Tom Daschle and the Democrats are occasionally able to beat Lott at his own game...
...evidence that the Democrats are winning is that the bill is still alive," says Dickerson. It still has a nasty cough. But Democrats struggling to bring the bill to a vote now have a little momentum -- and Trent Lott's busy schedule -- on their side...
...million members might have been forgiven for thinking they were already there, what with the most powerful man in Congress -- Trent Lott -- being their keynote speaker. But the 73-year-old Heston is on a mission to unite the moderate and hard-line gun factions, and facts aren't going to get in the way. Least of all the fact that he supported gun control back in the 1960s, nor the fact that he described AK-47s last year as "inappropriate for private use." To many users, that's like breaking one of the Ten Commandments. Nonetheless, few are prepared...
...called it "routine." But since it was first reported two weeks ago--mixed in with the sensational but apparently tangential Chung-Liu allegations--the embarrassment has mounted beyond anything Clinton could have imagined. A House G.O.P. leader confirmed to TIME that Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate majority leader Trent Lott have met with committee chairmen to discuss ways to highlight Clinton's embarrassing China dealings in advance of the President's visit to Beijing in June. The strategy appears to be working. Though the China connection may have nothing to do with Clinton's decision to grant the waiver...