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.
Airlines were interested in the bottom line. They want to hire the people to do the security who could do it as cheap as possible. And that's why they gave it to the low bidder, ... It was acceptable because we never had problems with that arrangement. After September 11th everything has dramatically changed.
I think the people are saying to all of us ... enough, enough, enough,
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.
He has to give the speech of a lifetime. It's not just the most important speech for Al Gore, it's probably one of the most important speeches in the history of our country because what he says tonight is going to set the tone probably for the next four years. It's easy to give a victory speech, but it really tests ones character to give a concession speech.
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.
He lied to Sidney Blumenthal, but he did not instruct Sidney Blumenthal to go out and tell everybody in America about it,
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.
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.
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 was hoping this could get 60 votes to send a good signal to the American public,