The vote will not occur in any event before some time during the day tomorrow, ... We don't have an agreement at this point to do anything but to go forward with the vote, but we're exploring all kinds of possibilities and that's where we stand.
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Give me an idea, ... That's what I'm saying to the Democrats. I'm talking to the Democrats here. They are saying 'Not this. Not that.' I say 'OK. Well, what'Trent Lott
We have to take a look at what it might take. I'm not sure that that type of a frontal ground assault is what we might be doing. It might eventually take a substantial number of troops,
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I'm prepared to be hard-nosed, too, at some point. At some point, you have to tell them 'Okay, ante up and kick in or get out of the game,' ... But I'm not looking for a fight. I'm looking for help, for people that are desperate.
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But the effectiveness of the response to Katrina appears to diminish the higher you move up the chain of command. By Sept. 7, Lott concluded that FEMA and its Mississippi arm were overwhelmed and understaffed, and he went straight to circumvention mode. We're just going around them, ... We talk to people on the ground, and they tell us what they need.
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A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement.
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I know, Sen. Daschle, that the weight of this job will be as heavy as the weight on Atlas when he carried the world on his shoulders, ... I hope I can help sometimes to make that burden a little lighter.
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