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Article: Lott: GOP won't `cave in' to Clinton.
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 30, 2000
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Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott says Congress could remain in Washington through Election Day, working on a final spending bill, but he vowed Republicans won't "cave in" to all the president's demands.
"We're prepared to stay. We're prepared to find fair common ground. But we're not just going to give him the things he's demanding," the Mississippi Republican said yesterday on ABC's "This Week."
Senate Majority Whip Don Nickles, Oklahoma Republican, agreed. "I think President Clinton wants a confrontation with Congress. If he wants one, he can have it. We're not going to capitulate," he said on "Fox News Sunday."
The senators made ...