LOTT LANDS SENATE'S TOP PRIZE : SOUTHERNERS EXPAND RULE TO BOTH HOUSES.Byline: Jerry Gray This article is about the football player. For the arranger and composer, see Jerry Gray (arranger). Jerry Gray (born December 16, 1962 in Lubbock, Texas) is a former American Football cornerback who played for the Los Angeles Rams from 1985 to 1991, the The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Senate Republicans elected Trent Lott of Mississippi as their leader Wednesday, putting the leadership of both houses of Congress in the hands of conservative Southern Republicans a generation younger than the men they replaced. It is the first time ever that two Republicans from the South have led both chambers of Congress. And the last time two Southerners held both posts was in 1960 when two Texas Democrats, Lyndon Johnson in the Senate and Sam Rayburn in the House, had leadership roles. Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia was elected speaker of the House after Republicans won control in 1994. Lott defeated his fellow Mississippi Republican, Thad Cochran William Thad Cochran (born December 7, 1937) is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi. He is a Republican. Early life He was born in Pontotoc, Mississippi to William Holmes Cochran and Emma Grace (nee Berry),[1] , in a secret ballot secret ballot n. 1. A type of voting in which each person's vote is kept secret, but the amassed votes of various groups are revealed publicly. 2. See Australian ballot. Noun 1. . Members said the vote was 44-8. Lott played down the idea that his leadership would mean big changes in the Senate. ``We want the American people An American people may be:
But he brought with him a new slate of Senate officers who not only mirror his hard-edged politics, but also are in step with the generational and regional shifts that have reshaped Congress since the Republicans won control of the House and Senate in the 1994 elections. Sen. Don Nickles Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American political leader who was a United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 until 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. While in the U.S. , a rock-ribbed conservative from Oklahoma, replaced Lott as the second-in-command, or majority whip. He was unopposed. And two of the next three posts are in the hands of Southern conservatives - Cochran retained his No. 3 job as chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, and Sen. Connie Mack Connie Mack can refer to three different people:
Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho moved into the leadership for the first time, defeating Sens. Robert Bennett Robert Bennett or Bob Bennett is the name of:
As a group, the new Senate Republican leaders resemble the lieutenants who have helped Gingrich wage his revolution in the House. In fact, Gingrich has referred to Lott as one of his mentors. Besides Gingrich, the House Republicans are led by Reps. Dick Armey of Texas, the majority leader; Tom DeLay of Texas, the majority whip; John Boehner of Ohio, chairman of the House Republican Conference; and Bill McCollum This biography needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. of Florida, the vice chairman. Bob Dole formally surrendered the job as majority leader Tuesday, a month after he announced that he would resign from Congress after 35 years to devote his full attention to his race for the presidency. He had held the job as leader of the Senate Republicans, both in the minority and in the majority, since Nov. 28, 1984, longer than any other person. Lott found the meat of his support for the leadership in a block of Senate members who had known him from his days in the House of Representatives nearly a decade ago and from eager newcomers who frequently seem impatient with the deliberate pace of the Senate. Lott was elected to the Senate in 1988 and Cochran a decade earlier. ``There's likely to be a more aggressive tone,'' Sen. Bill Frist, a Republican freshman from Tennessee, predicted. Dole offered his congratulations in a written statement in which he described Lott as ``a talented, loyal and effective whip.'' ``I am proud to join my former Republican Senate colleagues in calling him leader,'' Dole said. The Democratic minority leader, Sen. Tom Daschle, offered an olive branch olive branch symbol of peace and serenity. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Brewer Handbook; O.T.: Genesis, 8:11] See : Peace to his new rival. ``I begin this day and this new period with great expectations, with optimism, with the belief that we can come together,'' he said. But one of the more liberal Democrats Liberal Democrats, British political party Liberal Democrats, British political party created in 1988 by the merger of the Liberal party with the Social Democratic party; the party was initially called the Social and Liberal Democratic party. in the House offered a stick. ``The Republican Party is now completely led by extremists,'' said Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan. ``The Senate is about to become a replica of Newt's House.'' The 72-year-old Dole's political legacy is sure to be one of Athe masterful deal maker whose top deputies generally reflected his moderating style. But that changed last year when Lott staged a palace coup of sorts. He leapfrogged past his seniors, including Cochran, to defeat by one vote Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, Dole's favorite, for the job as majority whip. From that point, Lott laid the groundwork to make sure that he would be in position to move into the top job when Dole left. SEN. TRENT LOTT AGE-BIRTH DATE: 54, Oct. 9, 1941. EDUCATION: Law degree from the University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven. . EXPERIENCE: U.S. House 1973-1989. U.S. Senate 1989-present. FAMILY: Wife, Patricia Elizabeth Thompson, two children. QUOTE: ``The torch has been passed, the flame is the same.'' CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (Color) Trent Lott Rightward shift seen Box: SE N. TRENT LOTT (See text) |
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