John Breaux
John Breaux
John Berlinger Breauxwas a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the US House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition. After his Congressional career, he became a lobbyist, co-founding the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group. The firm was later acquired by law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs, now...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth1 March 1944
CountryUnited States of America
advance the cause of government in a democracy that is almost evenly divided between the two parties.
There's plenty of lore, but none of it you can publish in a family newspaper.
Amazing, ... It means we've got a long way to go before we can even talk about changing the system.
This is a problem. This is a very difficult population to get to.
The most important speech of this election is ... going to be given by the loser when they concede because it will set the tone for the next four years,
Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to have to help people who are without work, without a job, help them have health insurance.
a sense of what's happening in Congress and what's not happening.
We've been hollering about funding for years, but everyone would say: There goes Louisiana again, asking for more money. We've had some powerful people in powerful places, but we never got what we needed.
We've seen this many, many, many times, ... I mean, it's getting to be a punishment for this whole country and for those of us who have to sit there as well.
In the passion of the moment of a national disaster of the magnitude that we have seen, this is not the time or the forum to be engaged in the blame game,
How can we do it one way and not the other?
I am pleased to see that information campaigns, such as the America's WETLAND effort, are getting the message out, and people are beginning to realize that wetlands loss in Louisiana affects us all.
doesn't have anything to do with regard to the president
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