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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Trent Lott

Trent Lott stories: 18 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip (Only 1 to GOP)

New Dems from VA, NM, CO likely

Jun 13, 08 1:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The GOP's best case-scenario sees the party losing only three Senate seats this fall. Washington Post blogger Chris Cillizza runs down the races most likely to flip a vote:
  1. Mississippi: Trent Lott replacement Roger Wicker has never been elected statewide, and Barack Obama's coattails should draw in the
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Barack Obama • Senate • Trent Lott • Mary Landrieu • Elizabeth Dole • Al Franken • Mark Warner • Jeanne Shaheen • Roger Wicker • Tom Udall • George W. Bush • Mark Udall • Jeff Merkley

Democrat Nabs Unlikely Miss. House Seat

Upset victory in deep red district sends panic through GOP

May 14, 08 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats scored a shocking upset last night, nabbing a House seat in a deeply conservative Mississippi district. Democrat Travis Childers prevailed 54% to 46% in the special election, Politico reports, soundly overcoming a nearly $2 million GOP campaign. Coming from a county that threw Bush 62% of its support in... More »

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Republican • Trent Lott • Democrat • Mississippi • special election • Travis Childers

In Surprising Turn, Scruggs Pleads Guilty

Famed Miss. lawyer may serve 5 years
in bribery case

Mar 14, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dickie Scruggs, one of the nation's top class-action attorneys, entered a surprise guilty plea today in Jackson, Miss., to charges of conspiracy to bribe a judge, the Clarion-Ledger reports. Federal prosecutors said they would recommend 5 years in prison for Scruggs, who also faces a $250,000 fine. He pleaded... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • FBI • Trent Lott • bribery • Mississippi • Dickie Scruggs • Katrina aftermath • trial lawyers

Wicker Will
Step Into
Lott's Shoes

Mississippi governor picks conservative Republican

Jan 1, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Mississippi's governor has chosen Rep. Roger Wicker, a conservative Republican, to take Trent Lott's vacant seat in the US Senate until a special election can be called, the Jackson Clarion-Ledger reports. After 35 years, Lott quit this month, a year into his 6-year term. The timing of the special election... More »

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Republican • Senate • Trent Lott • Mississippi • Haley Barbour • Roger Wicker

Oregon Senator Raises Hackles With Lott Praise

Smith calls seeming pro-segregation remarks 'misconstrued'

Dec 19, 07 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith is in the doghouse after defending Trent Lott’s infamous 2002 speech waxing nostalgic on Strom Thurmond’s 1948 presidential run. A key Democratic target in 2008, Smith said yesterday that Lott was “misconstrued” as segregationist when suggesting that, had there been a Thurmond administration,... More »

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Trent Lott • Gordon Smith • segregation • blogger • Strom Thurmond

Lott Cashes in Chips

Former minority leader quits 5 years before his term ends

Dec 19, 07 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Minority whip Trent Lott retired from the Senate last night, five years before his term’s end. He revealed his departure 16 minutes before the chamber’s 12:05 a.m. closing. The 35-year Congressional career ended with “characteristic flair,” the AP reports—Lott quoting his high school... More »

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Trent Lott • Strom Thurmond • bull whip

Storied Miss. Lawyer Indicted, Still Partying

Town rallies around high-profile Grisham pal accused of bribery

Dec 4, 07 4:35 PM CST
(Newser) - As he greeted party guests, Richard “Dickie” Scruggs—the trial lawyer famous for taking down Big Tobacco and taking on Katrina insurance companies—didn’t look like someone who had just been indicted. And though prosecutors say he conspired to bribe the judge in his latest case, Oxford, Miss.... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Trent Lott • bribe • Mississippi • University of Mississippi • Dickie Scruggs • John Grisham

Rumors Roil Around Lott Resignation

Could the senator's hasty exit be tied to Dickie Scruggs?

Nov 29, 07 6:02 PM CST
(Newser) - There’s been much conjecture about why Trent Lott resigned five years before his term’s end—boredom, bitterness, eagerness to cash in on K Street—but now bloggers on both sides of the aisle are wondering whether a scandal involving his brother-in-law, Dickie Scruggs, might be behind the surprise... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Trent Lott • resignation • Dickie Scruggs

Katrina Lawyer Indicted in Bribe

Dickie Scruggs, others accused of trying to steer legal fees

Nov 29, 07 4:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Trent Lott's brother-in-law Richard "Dickie" Scruggs has been indicted on bribery charges for allegedly offering cash to a judge to steer legal fees in a Katrina insurance case, reports the New York Times. Four other attorneys, including Scruggs' son, also face charges. Scruggs is best known for winning a... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Trent Lott • bribery • bribe • lawyer • Dickie Scruggs

Kyl Set to Replace Lott as GOP No. 2

Ariz. senator has clear path to becoming minority whip as leadership shuffles

Nov 28, 07 3:04 PM CST
(Newser) - Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl is almost certain to become Republican minority whip, the Hill reports, filling an opening created by the retirement of Trent Lott. Kyl apparently won't be opposed, with other GOP senators instead contesting lower leadership roles. Tennessee's Lamar Alexander, who some thought would try for whip, will... More »

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Trent Lott • Jon Kyl • Mitch McConnell • Senate Republicans • Lamar Alexander

Lott Likely to Snare Lobby Job

Timing of departure suggests he'll return as lobbyist

Nov 27, 07 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Republican Minority Whip Trent Lott is quitting the Senate—but he's probably not leaving Washington or politics for very long. The timing of Lott's departure suggests he is planning a lucrative career as a lobbyist, reports MSNBC. A resignation in 2008 would have required a two-year "timeout" before Lott... More »

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Senate • Trent Lott • Mississippi • Senate Finance Committee • estate tax • Minority Whip • Lobbying eligibility

Trent Lott to Resign

Senate's No. 2 Republican said to be stepping down before year's end

Nov 26, 07 8:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Trent Lott, the Senate's second-highest-ranking Republican, is resigning before the end of the year, the AP has learned. He will announce the decision later today in his home state of Mississippi. The reason for the resignation is unknown. There is nothing wrong with Lott’s health, a congressional official confirmed,... More »

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Republican • Trent Lott • Senate Republicans • Mississippi

Congress Overrides Bush Veto

Senate votes 79-14 to pass water resources bill, following House

Nov 8, 07 12:15 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush was handed the first veto override of his two terms today as the Senate voted 79-14 to pass a $23-billion water-resources bill over his objections that it constituted "irresponsible spending." Thirty-four Republicans defied the president to vote for the bill; the House had voted 361-54 in... More »

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Trent Lott • water resources bill • pork barrel spending • veto override • George W. Bush

Craig to Stay in Senate 'for Now'

GOP leaders react grimly as Craig prolongs the effort to retract his guilty plea

Sep 26, 07 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - GOP leaders listened in icy silence as Larry Craig vowed today to stay a senator while trying to change his guilty plea, the AP reports. A Minnesota judge says he will decide the matter sometime next month. "Today was a major step in the legal effort to clear my... More »

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Trent Lott • Idaho • Larry Craig • political scandal

Immigration Bill Fans, Foes Take to Airwaves

Senators launch
PR offensive in run-up to crucial vote

Jun 24, 07 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - This week's debate over the immigration bill, which is headed for a nail-bitingly close Senate vote, started on the Sunday talk shows. The improbable coalition behind the legislation—which President Bush supports—faces a tough job, Jeff Sessions made clear. The Alabama Republican vowed to "use every effort to... More »

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immigration reform • Trent Lott • Ted Kennedy • Jeff Sessions • George W. Bush

Vote on AG Derails in Senate

Legislative maneuver comes up 7 votes short

Jun 11, 07 8:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A no-confidence vote on Alberto Gonzales failed to get out of the Senate today when a procedural vote to cut off debate failed by seven votes. Both sides proclaimed partial victory: Republicans had blasted the vote as a stunt, but Democrats lured seven GOP senators across party lines to support... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • Senate • Trent Lott • Arlen Specter • no confidence

(Newser) - Congress' Democratic bosses and the White House are attempting diplomacy after six years of Republican neglect that has left the new majority uneasy, the Times reports. But this week's agreements on less thorny issues, trade and immigration, contrast significantly with a divided Washington's repeated, fumbled attempts at a compromise war... More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • Democratic Congress • White House • Trent Lott • Charles Rangel

Dems, President Get Serious
On Iraq Compromise

A day of pomp and American flags leads back to the drawing board

May 2, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Senate • Senate Democrats • Trent Lott • Iraq war

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