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Article: Lott and Breaux Open Bipartisan Lobbying Firm; Former Senators Say They Will Confront the Gridlock That Grips Congress
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- The Washington Post
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- January 5, 2008
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Former senators John Breaux (D-La.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.) are
opening a new, all-in-the-family lobbying firm, saying the capital
and its corporate suitors are "yearning" for bipartisan solutions to
gridlock.
Revealing what had been one of the worst-kept secrets in town,
the senators said in an interview that they would officially launch
the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group next week, with both their sons and
Lott's former top aide joining them.
Breaux and Lott, who together have more than 70 years of
experience in the House and Senate, first talked about such a
partnership decades ago when they lived across the street from one
another in Annandale. The families remain very close, with Chet ...
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