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
a balanced piece of legislation that is truly reform.
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,
doesn't have anything to do with regard to the president
Consumers should not fear being defrauded by a dishonest funeral provider who sells them more than they need, or who does not provide itemized prices to comparison shop.
That's a bird with no left wing and no right wing right now.
Amazing, ... It means we've got a long way to go before we can even talk about changing the system.
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?
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.
where do you get the money to pay for it?
If it was up for a vote in its current form, I would vote against it,