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
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.
I would put myself and all of those who have served in Congress in the same boat if you will, as to things that could have been done better,
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.
She's a person with a lot of experience. She's obviously affected tremendously by the emotional impact of the devastation. I think she's doing everything humanly possible to bring it together.
None of us on the commission are running again.
Must be in a closet somewhere, on a shelf somewhere. I am really disappointed.
My home was 25 miles from the gulf, and I did not want to see it become a shorefront property.
You have a unique opportunity here for the first time to rebuild an American city, ... That means not just the buildings have to be rebuilt, but you have to address the problems of race and poverty and culture ... .
When people see the budget, they're going to say, 'Oh, my God, I wanted a tax cut, but I didn't know what you were going to do to health care and to Medicare and national defense,'
The question will be, 'Do we need witnesses to provide additional information or do we, in essence, (already) have enough information.
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,
doesn't have anything to do with regard to the president