Essay - This is a Paper About Senator John Breaux from Louisiana....

This is a paper about Senator John Breaux from Louisiana. This paper will cover his political positions, committees he's on, his feelings ***** Medicare and Social Security. There are five references used.

Introduction

***** John Breaux is a conservative Southern Democrat from Louisiana. He is highly respected and considered perfect for aiding in bipartisan since he is friendly with both Democrats and Republicans.

***** Positions

***** *****'s political positions are similar to Dick C*****ney's. ***** is pro-life, pro-gun and pro-big oil. He ***** known for being "the voice of the pragmatic, rational center on a variety of high-profile policy disputes—*****, Social Security, *****bacco, tax cuts (Cottle, 2001)."

***** feels ***** compromise is extremely important. He is known for reaching bey*****d party lines, ***** able to cut political deals and knowing how to "split ***** difference (*****, 2001)."

***** Offer

***** the presidential race was still being decided in Florida, Sena*****r Breaux kept rem*****ding everyone to exhibit proper political behavior. When it looked like George W. Bush would win, Senator Breaux talked to him on the ph*****e and then journeyed ***** h***** ranch. ***** offered ***** the position of Energy Secretary. This was a big boost for the senator's stature. However, Breaux magnanimously decided to stay in the Senate.

He has been called "the second most powerful man in Bush's Washing*****n (Cotter, 2001)." Breaux feels the middle is more ***** in the ***** and that's where he is.

***** and Misses

Breaux is known ***** go*****g his own way and t***** may make his fellow Democra*****s angry. ***** Clinton was in *****fice ***** would push plans that weren't very popular with his party, but felt safe because he knew there was a good chance they would be vetoed. Some unpopular plans were capital ga*****s ***** cuts, abortion restrictions and increased oil exploration. However, ***** Bush in office, he no longer ***** that security net.

Breaux is known as a "de*****l-maker whose gr***** ***** never quite work out (Cotter, *****)." Some of his misses are his work on the failed congressional tobacco settlement and being unable to bring about ***** Medicare reform. An odd thing about Breaux is he may like being ***** as having comprom*****es that went nowhere.

On Capital Hill

Senator Breaux h***** served on Capital Hill for over 28 years. He ***** in the House ***** 14 years and has been ***** the Senate for over ***** years. During all of ***** time in *****fice, he has avoided making any serious enemies. Those around him attribute this to his ability of get along with *****. He was just as close to Bill Clinton as he was to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. He was also known ***** play tennis with the first President *****.

***** Battling Parties

In August ***** 1999 Senator Breaux was concerned because ***** Republicans and Democrats were ***** to fight over tax cuts and spending bills. He stated "Only in Washing*****n would people not be able to figure out what ***** do with a trillion-dollar