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
Blaming each other does not save a life, does not feed a single family or compensate them in their loss.
We do not have to have a trial. The Constitution says that the Senate shall be the sole trier of an impeachment resolution. It gives us the power to do it, but it doesn't demand that we have to,
It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11 everything has dramatically changed.
Is it a perfect agreement? Of course not. But does it help people who need the help the most at the bottom end of the economic ladder? I think it does. Does it also help people at the top end who pay the greatest amount of taxes? The answer is also yes.
As I have said all along, we must rely on Florida's highest court to interpret Florida state laws governing its elections, ... With the Florida Supreme Court justices' decision now in hand, I hope a recount will be concluded in time to meet the federal deadline to select electors.
There's plenty of lore, but none of it you can publish in a family newspaper.
San Francisco sits on an earthquake fault, ... So do you say: Move 'em all out of there?
To suggest that these African-American leaders would somehow shortchange their own citizens is absolutely without merit,
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,
If people in California want to pay extra taxes to have their trash picked up, people in Texas shouldn't have to subsidize it.
Certainly something that can get passed early on is important, ... I think it's a mistake to come out with the most controversial proposal first.
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.