Trent Lott

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

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

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

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GOP Favors Public Option for Property, Not People

David Cay Johnston | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

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 08.06.2009 | Politics

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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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Matthews: Abolish Filibuster, Let Majority Rule (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.03.2009 | Politics

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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 11.08.2008 | Media

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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 07.10.2008 | Media

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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 05.02.2008 | Politics

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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 04.19.2008 | Politics

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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 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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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Gordon Smith Defends Lott's Segregationist Comments

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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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Trent Lott's Brother-In-Law, Nephew, Indicted On Federal Bribery Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Prominent Mississippi trial attorney Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, the brother-in-law of outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott, was indicted by a federal grand jur...

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Trent Lott Is Resigning, And Somebody's Freaking Out

236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Kentucky Republican senator Mitch McConnell is so traumatized by the news, he's swallowed his own lips. Watch the CNN video for bonus lurking action....

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Arlen Specter: Financial Problems Hastened Lott's Retirement

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Bill Toland and Jerome L. Sherman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Arlen Specter yesterday said it was his understanding that new regulations on lobbying by ex-lawmakers played a significant role in Sen. Trent Lo...

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Escort Throws Cold Water On Lott Rumor

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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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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Lott To Leave Quickly To Beat Lobbying Ban

Politico | Martin Kady II, Josh Kraushaar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) plans to resign his seat by year's end, a senior Republican official told Politico. The announcement took Capitol Hill by s...

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Trent Lott To Resign By End Of Year

Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senator Trent Lott announced at a noon press conference Monday that he will resign by the end of the year. Although the reasons for Lott's resignati...

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