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Report: Lott to Give Up Senate GOP Leader's Post

NPR

Published December 19, 2002 at 10:00 PM MST

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A report says Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) will step down as Senate Republican leader following a furor over remarks that seemed to endorse America's segregated past. Lott faced a Jan. 6 vote on his status as incoming majority leader and a challenge for the post from Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN). NPR News reports.