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
That's a bird with no left wing and no right wing right now.
It means, ... that the fear factor is gone.
I told them it would be a serious mistake to get a 51-50 vote on this, ... It will affect a lot of things around here, make it harder to get anything done. If they want to change the culture in Washington, that's not the way to do it.
It's not over until it's over, but it's almost,
It's clear that their proposal is going to be vetoed and we end up with nothing, ... The American people don't want us to do nothing but they would like us to do something that's reasonable and I suggest about a $500 billion tax cut over 10 years.
a balanced piece of legislation that is truly reform.
I've had feelers put out to me by low-level people in the Bush organization, mostly campaign-type people, asking if I would be interested in serving.
She'll know how to operate really well in the U.S. Senate. She comes in as a freshman, but she's not really a freshman,
I think the first order of business after the vote on the articles of impeachment is censure.
I put myself and all the members of Congress in the same boat of things that could have been done better.
Our struggle is to identify the sources of revenue and the means to obtain the funds.Without funds, all the planning and research studies can't help us.
I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part.
Yes, we have got to quit worrying about fighting each other and trying to figure out a way to work together.
There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.