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==Political Career==

==Political Career==

Bill Frist was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1994 after defeating [[Democratic]] [[incumbent]] Jim Sasser by thirteen percentage points. He easily won his 2000 reelection with sixty-six percent of the vote. After Senator [[Trent Lott]] resigned his position as Senate Majority Leader in 2003, Frist was chosen unanimously by Senate Republicans as his replacement. In the Senate, Frist pushed for [[President]] [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts and legislation that was against [[Partial-birth abortion]]. He has broken with the Bush administration and Republicans with his support for federally funded embryonic stem cell research. <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072900158.html</ref>

Bill Frist was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1994 after defeating [[Democratic]] [[incumbent]] Jim Sasser by thirteen percentage points. He easily won his 2000 reelection with sixty-six percent of the vote. After Senator [[Trent Lott]] resigned his position as Senate Majority Leader in 2003, Frist was chosen unanimously by Senate Republicans as his replacement. In the Senate, Frist pushed for [[President]] [[George W. Bush]]'s tax cuts and legislation that was against [[Partial-birth abortion]], though he has broke with the Bush administration and Republicans with his support for federally funded embryonic stem cell research. <ref>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/29/AR2005072900158.html</ref>

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