Frist for the mill? Senate majority leader aspirant has race-related controversy in his past

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, December 20, 2002 — Republican Senator Bill Frist of Tennessee, a close ally to President Bush and the probable successor to Sen

Excerpts from this story referencing "Trent Lott":

"… ssee, a close ally to President Bush and the probable successor to Senator Trent Lott as the next Senate Republican leader, would ascend to the top Congressiona …"

Commentary: 'Reformer with results'? Don't count on it

By Charles Lewis

August 2, 2000 — On the opening night of the GOP convention in Philadelphia, retired General Colin Powell criticized his fellow Republicans

Excerpts from this story referencing "Trent Lott":

"… dit for the tobacco companies? Working closely with Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., and then-Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., — with the …"

Climate change lobbying dominated by 10 firms

By Marianne Lavelle and Matthew Lewis

Hundreds of lobbyists are cramming into Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building this week for the House Energy and Commerce Committee

Excerpts from this story referencing "Trent Lott":

"… Swift include Louis Hengen, once an aide to former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, a Mississippi Republican, and Frances McPoland, who coordinated federal r …"

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Tally of interests on climate bill tops a thousand

By Marianne Lavelle

More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its hi

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"… Dennis Hastert and Newt Gingrich, as well as former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott.Rod Lowman, who spent 17 years in Washington defending the plastic industr …"

John Boehner: A pro-business agenda

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Caitlin Ginley

A pro-business agenda

Excerpts from this story referencing "Trent Lott":

"… s individual donor. A one-time chief counsel to then-House Republican Whip Trent Lott, Boland also was a Verizon Communications Inc. senior vice president and a …"

Brooks Brothers rioter turns attention to energy this election season

By Marianne Lavelle

An advocacy group run by a political operative with oil industry ties (and a famous photo-op history) is spearheading a late advertising bli

Excerpts from this story referencing "Trent Lott":

"… t he was appointed to by Governor Haley Barbour after Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott’s resignation last year. He faces former Democratic Mississippi Gove …"

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Commentary: Profiteering from democracy

By Charles Lewis

In his January 1998 State of the Union address, after decrying the campaign-fund-raising "arms race," Preside

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"… ind of big-name lobbyists: former Republican Party chairman Haley Barbour (CBS); Patton Boggs Tommy Boggs, son of long-deceased House Majority Leader Hal …"

"… st, Univision Communications Inc.); and former FCC chairman Richard Wiley (CBS). After all, from copyright issues to broadband access to media ownership …"

"… and FCC chairman made their rule-making move, the broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC, were already targets of criticism. They were excoriated for reapi …"

"… co-chaired by former presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford and by former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, has been calling for the networks and 1,30 …"

Trading in favors

By Alex Knott and Aubrey Bruggeman

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2003 — Legislative favors, increased access to federal lawmakers and instructions on how to use loopholes to evade feder

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"… -writes on the bottom of the letter: “I hope your meeting with [Senator] Trent Lott [R-Miss.] was productive. Thanks Phil!”Also sought after is access to me …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part three

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — The goal of Texas Governor George W. Bush's advisers in the early days of the campaign was to make him the man t

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"… y of his fathers old political advisers, Wead is one exception. During the Bush administration, Wead, ordained as an Assemblies of God minister, served as a liaison to v …"

Congress sifts competing measures on campaign finance reform

By Marianne Holt

WASHINGTON, June 27, 2000 — On June 8, the Senate passed an amendment by Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., that would force currently invisible

Excerpts from this story referencing "Trent Lott":

"… their own proposals. Senators Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., have co-sponsored a bill by Senator Gordon Smith, R-Ore., that w …"

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