He said pared down anti-tobacco proposals that Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) and House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) have indicated they may offer will be seen for what they are -- in the interest of big tobacco.

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House Speaker Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, and House Minority Leader Rep. Richard Gephardt, D-Missouri, were scheduled to travel with Bush as a show of bipartisan support for quick congressional action on airline security improvements.

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