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
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That's a bird with no left wing and no right wing right now.
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.
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.
It means, ... that the fear factor is gone.
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.
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.
where do you get the money to pay for it?
Amazing, ... It means we've got a long way to go before we can even talk about changing the system.
a balanced piece of legislation that is truly reform.
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.
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,