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
I think anything that is perceived as parliamentary maneuvering to get out of this is not going to be accepted by the American public, ... It's going to have to be out front. It's going to have to be fair.
I think both sides made a mistake from the very beginning on the issue of how to handle a $1 trillion surplus because both sides in effect said 'my way or no way,' and what we're going to end up with no way.
We don't suggest that because San Francisco lies on top of an earthquake fault that it should be moved.
We don't suggest that because San Francisco citizens live on top of an earthquake fault that they should be moved, ... The question of whether New Orleans should be rebuilt, one of the great cities of this country, is not really a question in my mind.
I was hoping this could get 60 votes to send a good signal to the American public,
The question will be, 'Do we need witnesses to provide additional information or do we, in essence, (already) have enough information.
where do you get the money to pay for it?
He'll tell it like it is. If he thinks something is not right, he'll holler about it. I'd be hollering at everybody, too.
But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana.
But, at the same time, I think that there is room for economic stimulus in terms of accelerated depreciation to encourage businesses to invest and to grow and ultimately to hire more people again.
If we don't get together we are heading for a major train wreck, which I think would be terrible for the American people, ... Face the Nation.
If they pass a bill close to what we support as a centrist group that obviously makes it more do-able over here (in the Senate), ... If they pass a 'Republican-only' bill, then nothing happens.
He lied to Sidney Blumenthal, but he did not instruct Sidney Blumenthal to go out and tell everybody in America about it,
If people in California want to pay extra taxes to have their trash picked up, people in Texas shouldn't have to subsidize it.