In this Sept. 20, 2007 file photo, then-Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lott had nearly $1.3 million in political donations left over when he quit the Senate to become a lobbyist, and now he's handing it out to lawmakers who hold sway over his clients. Though it's legal, it's drawing attention because of the magnitude of the former Senate leader's account and the high-profile causes he has been hired to promote. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

In this April 22, 2008 file photo, former Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, right, walks with Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lott had nearly $1.3 million in political donations left over when he quit the Senate to become a lobbyist, and now he's handing it out to lawmakers who hold sway over his clients. Though it's legal, it's drawing attention because of the magnitude of the former Senate leader's account and the high-profile causes he has been hired to promote. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

In this Nov. 26, 2007 file photo, then-Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss. is seen during a news conference in Pascagoula, Miss. What the airline industry wants from Washington it often gets, and no wonder: Those who regulate airlines or advise lawmakers on aviation issues one day can be executives in those same companies the next _ and the other way around. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Then-Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss. is shown during a news conference in Pascagoula, Miss., in this Nov. 26, 2007 file photo. What the airline industry wants from Washington it often gets, and no wonder: Those who regulate airlines or advise lawmakers on aviation issues one day can be executives in those same companies the next _ and the other way around. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Retiring Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., talks to reporter as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. Lott, 66, is ending a 35-year career in elected office this week when he resigns with five years left in his current six-year term. He served 16 years in the U.S. House before moving to the Senate in 1988. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)

Retiring Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., talks to reporter as he walks to his office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007. Lott, 66, is ending a 35-year career in elected office this week when he resigns with five years left in his current six-year term. He served 16 years in the U.S. House before moving to the Senate in 1988. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh)

Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott of Miss., becomes teary-eyed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, after speaking to reporters after the Senate confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to the federal appeals court in Mississippi. Lott, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, plans to resign his seat before the end of the year, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Sen. Trent Lott R-Miss., receives a standing ovation after he announced that he is going to resign from the Senate in Pascagoula, Miss., Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Senate Minority Whip Trent Lott of Miss., becomes teary-eyed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007, after speaking to reporters after the Senate confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to the federal appeals court in Mississippi. Lott, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, plans to resign his seat before the end of the year, The Associated Press has learned. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., the Senate's No. 2 Republican, announces that he is going to retire from the Senate before January, ending a 35-year career in Congress, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007 in Pascagoula, Miss. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)