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Trent Lott: “I thought there was going to be a meeting last night between key players on both sides of the aisle to meet with the…”

On the recordSeptember 27, 1996
I thought there was going to be a meeting last night between key players on both sides of the aisle to meet with the administration and see if some compromise could be worked out. I am told that meeting never occurred.
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Trent Lott

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Discussing the lack of a planned meeting between bipartisan leaders and the administration.

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