Sen. Trent Lott Reflects on a Life in Politics
Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) was Senate majority leader from 1996 to 2001.
Sen. Trent Lott, the Republican from Mississippi, has a new memoir called Herding Cats: A Life in Politics. Lott was the Senate majority leader from June 1996 to January 2001. He resigned from his position in 2002 after making racially divisive remarks.
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