Trent Lott

VIDEO: Superlobbyist Trent Lott Fumbles To Explain Why He's Shilling for Scam Schools

Zaid Jilani | Posted 05.16.2012

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Zaid Jilani

I asked Lott if he was willing to disclose what he was being paid by the for-profit college industry. He grew flustered. "It's a matter of public record," he huffed. "Just check the record." I did.

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What to Do After a Tornado Strikes Your Town

Don McNay | Posted 05.05.2012

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Don McNay

Disasters bring out the best in Americans. They dig in their pockets to help. It also brings out the worst in people wanting to make a quick buck.

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Sam Stein

Romney Set To Fundraise With D.C. Lobbyists On Tuesday

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the political world watches the clock wind down on the debt ceiling debate, presidential candidate Mitt Romney is coming to Washingto...

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Are Seniors Paying Attention to Paul Ryan's Plan for Medicare?

Wendell Potter | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Congress, Cbo, Paul Ryan Budget Proposal, Paul Ryan Budget, Bill Pascrell, 60 Plus Association, Trent Lott, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act, Aarp, Chamber of Commerce, Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Medicare, Newt Gingrich, Tea Party, Paul Ryan, Politics News
Wendell Potter

I'm betting that many of them, if they're paying attention to what Rep. Paul Ryan wants to do to the Medicare program, are having some serious buyer's remorse.

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Physics: 'A Waste of Time'?

Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Education, Trent Lott, Science Education, Republicans, Physics, Math-Education, Stem, STEM Education, Education News
Dr. Jeffrey H. Toney

What can be done to promote STEM education with politicians promoting such views, with communities heartily accepting such an anti-intellectual stance?

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Haley Barbour Endorses Union Victory in the Civil War

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: 2012 Republican Nomination, 2012 Presidential Election, Lyndon B. Johnson, Trent Lott, Haley Barbour, Civil Rights Movement, Slavery, Secession, Barry Goldwater, Civil War, Mississippi, Nathan Bedford Forrest, William Winter, Strom Thurmond, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Barbour's statement is significant for two reasons: First, it sounds like the Mississippi governor is indeed running for the GOP presidential nomination. Second, it suggests his state has changed considerably since the 1960s.

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A Falsehood Wrapped in an Enigma Stuffed Into a Burrito

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Patriotism, Trent Lott, Tom Delay, Tom Daschle, Obama, Socialist, Health Care, Kenya, Dissent, Rush Limbaugh, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

When Bush was president, criticism was unpatriotic. Under Obama, dissent is now the highest form of patriotism. That itself is absurd enough, but we have only just begun.

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FedEx Lobbying To Avoid Same Union Rules As UPS: Teamsters Pushing Back

Roll Call | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House, Trent Lott, Fedex, Labor, Congress, Senate, Ups, Lobbying, Faa, Lobbyists, Teamsters, John Breaux, Union, Business News

As they continue to wage a high-dollar and nasty lobbying campaign, archrivals FedEx and UPS are awaiting final delivery of legislation that will dete...

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Net Neutrality Versus the Telecom Pirates

Michael Rose | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Rose

Increasing broadband access worries some who fear it will lead to more piracy. But others are more concerned about "corporate pirates" who've tried to hijack control of the Internet for their own commercial benefit.

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Reid, Race, and the Party-Based Double Standard

Richard Grenell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Reid Obama, Senator Harry Reid, Harry Reid, Al Sharpton, Race, Trent Lott, Barack Obama, Gwen Ifill, Politics News
Richard Grenell

It's clear that Democratic elites discuss race one way privately and another way publicly. It's also clear that there is an obscene, party-based double standard when it comes to discussing these issues.

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A Call For a Bipartisan National Campaign to Overturn Insurance Companies' Exemption From Anti-Trust Laws

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

We need a broad coalition to immediately repeal the insurance industry's exemption from complying with Federal anti-trust laws.

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On Writing the Word 'Negro': Defending Halperin and Heilemann

John R. Bohrer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John R. Bohrer

I've interviewed a lot of old DC politicos and sometimes, they use the word 'Negro.' It was a shock to my young ears to hear someone casually use a long outdated term. But I knew these men are the furthest thing from racists.

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Equating Reid and Lott Is Flat-Out Wrong and Just the Latest Republican Game

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

While Trent Lott could technically support and advocate segregationist policies as majority leader, what policy would Reid be in danger of furthering, based on his statement? None. That's the difference.

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Harry Reid's Remarks About Obama from 'Game Change'

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trent Lott, Books, Racism, Harry Reid, John Heilemann, Game Change, Strom Thurmond, Democrats, Barack Obama, Mark Halperin, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sought to slam the book shut Monday on a controversy stemming from remarks about President Barack...

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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

David Cay Johnston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care, David Cay Johnston, Floods, Baucus Bill, Public Option, Trent Lott, Health Care Reform, Hurricane Katrina, Flood Insurance, Property Insurance, Fema, Haley Barbour, Public Plan, Thad Cochran, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Gop, Schip, Republicans, Gene Taylor, Politics News
David Cay Johnston

The bias in favor of property over people should be ended with all deliberate speed by raising the standard for people to that of property. A public option would be one small step in that direction.

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Palin Follows GOP Members of Congress Who Quit Because They Felt Like It

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Molinari, Dennis Hastert, Richard Baker, Congress, Newt Gingrich, Trent Lott, Sarah Palin, Republicans, Politics News
David Fiderer

Sarah Palin follows in the footsteps of Susan Molinari, who 12 years ago set a precedent for other GOP leaders such as Newt Gingrich, Dennis Hastert, Trent Lott, Richard Baker and Joe Scarborough.

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Jason Linkins

Matthews: Abolish Filibuster, Let Majority Rule (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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The filibuster. Why is it that it has continued to bedevil the Senate's majority party, even though you hardly see these croaky-throated old men stag...

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My First Convention: Trent Lott

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

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You see lots of interesting people on a convention floor, but sometimes you can't quite believe your eyes when you see Senator Trent Lott . I asked a ...

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Artificial Dissemination

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Network, Democratic Primary, Old Media vs. New Media, Big Media, Howard Beale, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Race, 2008 Democratic Primary Debates, The Kingmakers, Democratic Party, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mike Gravel, Breaking Media News, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Trent Lott, Kennedy v. Louisiana, Strom Thurmond, Books, Media News
Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

Reading The Kingmakers evokes feelings not dissimilar to watching Mike Gravel during debates: you sympathize with him, but can't help concluding that he's a few bricks short of a load.

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Lobbyist Lott takes advantage of old Senate campaign cash

AP | BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Trent Lott had nearly $1.3 million in political donations left over when he quit the Senate to become a lobbyist. Now the former ma...

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Trent Lott As A Lobbyist: "I Haven't Paid For Lunch In 30 Years"

Washington Post | Mary Ann Akers | Posted 05.25.2011

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Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) is struggling a bit to adjust to life as a lobbyist. "I took the Metro for the first time," Lott told the Sleuth Thu...

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Trent Lott Under Federal Investigation

Wall Street Journal | PAULO PRADA and ASHBY JONES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Trett Lott Investigation, Dickie Scruggs, Trent Lott, Trent Lott Scruggs, Richard Dickie Scruggs, Politics News

Federal agents are investigating whether former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott knowingly played a role in an alleged conspiracy in 2006 to influenc...

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Former Legislators Turn To Lobbying In Droves

Politico | Jeanne Cummings | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ethics Reform, Trent Lott and Lobbying, Trent Lott, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Edwards Lobbyists, Obama Lobbyists, Politics News

Lawmakers returning to the Capitol are being welcomed back by some familiar faces: former members whose one-year ban on lobbying their old colleagues ...

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Sam Stein

Gordon Smith Defends Lott's Segregationist Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Speaking on the Senate floor Tuesday morning, Sen. Gordon Smith, R-OR, offered a passionate defense of the pro-segregationist comments made by his col...

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Max Follmer

Escort Throws Cold Water On Lott Rumor

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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A San Antonio-based gay male escort categorically denied Monday that outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott had ever procured his services, putting to bed one o...

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