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To washington. How was it you got on the Judiciary Committee . Mr. Lott well, i was looking at the demographics, i got access to some of the polling numbers and when i ran, i think maybe in the district i was running in, the fifth Congressional District of mississippi, 8 of the people identify themselves as republican, but if you studied the internals, the majority of them were republican and i also knew honestly they would vote for Richard Nixon by overwhelming numbers, well over 80 , which is what happened. I was comfortable with them on an individual basis, philosophically, and i thought a ...

During the impeachment of president nixon in 1973 and 1974. The interview is from the president nixon president ial library and was conducted by the Library Director in 2008. You surprised a lot of people by winning and you came to washington. How was it you got on the Judiciary Committee . Well, i was looking at the demographics, i got access to some of the polling numbers and when i ran, i think maybe in the district i was running in, the fifth Congressional District of mississippi, 8 of the people identify themselves as republican, but if you studied the internals, the majority of them were...

Up seal. On the agreement, we agreed to what we are going to spend this year and next year we agreed on a process to go forward and in my opinion the democratic leader of the senate has brought honoring the commitment that we all agree to the summer. Which wouldve allowed us to go forward and process most of these bills here in the senate. Whatever concerns the democrats might have, wouldve been worked out and conferenced at the end because the final bills would have to pass both houses anyway. So we are streaming here and creating a problem with that we had already solved. Several months ago....

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