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Senate Republicans chose Trent Lott as the new majority leader. A Southern conservative, Lott is described as aggressive, hard working and ambitious and works in a more consensus mode than his predecessor.

LINDA WERTHEIMER: This morning, Senate Republicans elected Trent Lott of Mississippi to be the new Senate majority leader. Lott defeated fellow Mississippian Thad Cochran by the lopsided margin of 44 to 8 in a secret ballot. Senator Don Nichols of Oklahoma assumes Lott' s old duties as majority whip. In his first floor speech as majority leader, Lott ...

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