Senator Breaux Announces
Retirement
December 19, 2003 - Senator John Breaux (D-La.) announced
Dec. 15 his intention to resign from the Senate when his term
expires in 2004. Sen. Breaux served 7 terms in the House of
Representatives and will complete his third term in the Senate
next year. He serves on the Finance, Commerce, Rules and Special
Aging committees. A long-time moderate Democrat, Sen. Breaux
is a founder of the Democratic Leadership Council, and co-chairman
of the Senate Centrist Coalition. He was also one of the two
Democrats allowed by Republicans to help negotiate the final
version of the recently enacted Medicare prescription drug
legislation.
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