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But the WP points out that the treaty can only be brought up again during this Congress if Trent Lott decides to do so.
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The bi-partisan McCain-Feingold campaign reform bill, which would ban unregulated "soft money" donations, and which has been languishing in the Senate for quite a while, got a new lease on life Tuesday when President Clinton threatened in a letter to Majority Leader Trent Lott to force Congress to stay in session to vote on the measure.
The Times also does the best job of explaining the politics in play right now, noting that 1) Lott is "tiptoeing" between a majority of Republicans who are probably against the treaty but don't want to give the U.S. a diplomatic setback on the one hand, and hard-liners in his party on the other who want to kill the treaty at all domestic and international costs; and 2) Senate Minority Leader Thomas Daschle has to contend with a minority of Democrats who want a vote now so that once defeated, the treaty becomes a viable campaign issue.
The paper says leading House impeachment manager Henry Hyde expressed "major concerns" about Lott's plan to the senator yesterday--mainly that it doesn't provide for the calling of witnesses.
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