Trent Lott: “No. 1, we have an order of how amendments will go. On a separate track, we were debating the Reid amendment, and we were…”

I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.

There are no problems.

First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.