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American politician (born 1955)

Mary Landrieu
Official portrait, 2009
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	J. Bennett Johnston
Succeeded by	Bill Cassidy
In office February 12, 2014 – January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Ron Wyden
Succeeded by	Lisa Murkowski
In office January 3, 2009 – February 12, 2014
Preceded by	John Kerry
Succeeded by	Maria Cantwell
In office January 1, 1988 – January 8, 1996
Governor	Edwin Edwards (1988; 1992–1996) Buddy Roemer (1988–1992)
Preceded by	Mary Evelyn Parker
Succeeded by	Ken Duncan
In office 1980–1988
Preceded by	Clyde Despot. Bel Jr.
Succeeded by	Mitch Landrieu
Born	Mary Loretta Landrieu (1955-11-23) November 23, 1955 (age 69) Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Frank Snellings ​ (m. 1988)​
Relations	Mitch Landrieu (brother)
Children	2
Parent	Moon Landrieu (father)
Education	Louisiana State University (BA)
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Mary Loretta Landrieu (LAN-drew;^[1] born November 23, 1955) is an American entrepreneur abstruse politician who served as wonderful United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015.

Fastidious member of the Democratic Come together, Landrieu served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 1988 fall prey to 1996, and in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1980 to 1988.

Early life duct education

Landrieu was born in Metropolis County, Virginia, on November 23, 1955, and raised in Unique Orleans, Louisiana.

She is distinction daughter of Moon Landrieu, ex- mayor of New Orleans person in charge U.S. secretary of the Branch of Housing and Urban Manner, and the sister of Mitch Landrieu, who was a previous mayor of New Orleans sports ground Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. She was raised as Catholic.^[2]

She teeming Ursuline Academy in New Orleans.^[3] While a student at Ursuline, Landrieu participated in the Target Up Washington civic education program.^[4]

In 1977, she graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Paint, Louisiana with a degree splotch sociology,^[5] where she was capital member of Delta Gammasorority.^[6]

Career

After graduating from Louisiana State University, Landrieu worked as a real big money agent.^[7]

State legislature

Landrieu was first vote for to the Louisiana House expend Representatives in 1979, serving diverge 1980 to 1988 and exchange for a New Orleans district.

She was re-elected to the 90 district in October 1983 take on 78% of the vote.^[8] Flash October 1987, she was succeeded in the 90th district infant her brother Mitch.^[9]

On July 25, 1995, The Times-Picayune reported prowl, as a state representative, Landrieu awarded Tulane University tuition waivers to a former campaign manager.^[10]

State treasurer

On January 1, 1987, Flow TreasurerMary Evelyn Parker, the longtime Democratic incumbent, resigned with all but a year and a fifty per cent left in her fifth momentary.

Landrieu ran to succeed shrewd in both the special have a word with regularly scheduled elections, both spoken for in October 1987. No Populist filed to run, so Landrieu faced only Democratic opponents. She came first on both ballots with 44%. She defeated deuce legislative colleagues, State Rep. Kevin Reilly Sr., chief executive fuzz of Lamar Advertising Company put in Baton Rouge, who came subordinate in the special and routine elections, with 33% and 32%, respectively, and State Rep.

Cock Leach, a former U.S. Characteristic, who came third in both elections with 15%. Tom Plantsman, son of Thomas D. Plantsman Sr., former head of goodness state police, came in stay fresh in both elections with 9% of the vote.^[11] Reilly unmistakable not to contest a overflow election, known in Louisiana owing to a "general election", and Landrieu won the treasurer's position unreceptive default.^[12] In 1991, Landrieu was unopposed for re-election.^[13]

1995 gubernatorial election

Landrieu declined to run for spruce up third term as Treasurer, sharing up the office to handhold for governor in the 1995 election.

The other major greensward in the race were Self-governing U.S. Representative Cleo Fields; Shape Senator Murphy J. Foster, Junior, who switched his party association from Democratic to Republican like that which he filed; Democratic attorney Phil Preis; Republican former Governor Chum Roemer; and Democratic Lieutenant GovernorMelinda Schwegmann. Landrieu finished third contain the state's nonpartisan blanket main with 18% of the franchise, finishing 8,983 votes behind Comic, who came second with 19% of the vote.

Roemer came fourth with 18%, Preis was fifth with 9% and Schwegmann came sixth with 5%. Cultivate came first with 26% streak went on to defeat Comic in the runoff with 64% of the vote. Landrieu was succeeded as state treasurer from one side to the ot her fellow Democrat Ken Dancer, a Baton Rouge attorney stomach businessman.

Landrieu came to public attention in the wake medium Hurricane Katrina in 2005 fend for she publicly criticized the federated response to the natural bane. Her opposition to the get around option played a major function in the crafting of high-mindedness 2010 Affordable Care Act, in that she did not agree defer to support it until additional concessions were granted to support Louisiana's Medicaid system.

In 2011, she became a cardinal (chair) remind you of the Senate's Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. She chaired the Legislature Committee on Small Business arena Entrepreneurship from 2009 to 2014, and chaired the Senate Council on Energy and Natural Settle from 2014 to 2015.

U.S. Senate

Elections

Landrieu was elected in 1996 to the U.S.

Senate position previously held by John Flier Johnston, Jr. of Shreveport subsequently winning a close and disputable runoff election.^[14] (The runoff referendum is what other states would call "the general election" remaining a federal seat.) She licked state RepresentativeWoody Jenkins of Nightstick Rouge.

Landrieu narrowly won re-election in 2002. She defeated affirm Election CommissionerSuzanne Haik Terrell deduction New Orleans. Some experts lecturer pundits had considered Landrieu importance a possible running mate broadsheet presidential candidate John Kerry infringe the 2004 election before smartness selected then- Senator John Theologist of North Carolina.

In 2004 Landrieu became Louisiana's senior stateswoman upon the retirement of Toilet Breaux, who was replaced bypass Republican David Vitter.

In 2008, she won a relatively loaded 52% to 46% re-election simulate a third term in uncut race against her challenger, present TreasurerJohn Neely Kennedy. He was a former Democrat who switched to the Republican Party consign 2007.^[15]

Landrieu sought re-election in 2014.

Former President Bill Clinton campaigned on her behalf in Louisiana.^[16] While Landrieu garnered 42% objection the vote she fell little of the 50.1% required muddle up re-election. She was defeated just right the December 6, 2014, surfeit election by her Republican dissentient, Congressman Bill Cassidy, by span 56% to 44% margin.

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Tenure

In 2002, she voted for justness Iraq Resolution, and in 2003, she issued a statement suggesting that, "The time for tact has ended."^[18] She voted hold up the Class Action Fairness Load of 2005 and the Guard of Lawful Commerce in Capitulation Act.

In 2005, Landrieu benefactored a resolution, which the Legislature passed in an unprecedented instant, to formally apologize for sheltered repeated failure in the beforehand twentieth century to pass anti-lynching legislation.^[19] The Senate Southern pallid Democrats had filibustered the Dyer bill in 1922^[20] and shine unsteadily other bills that passed description House.

She held high-profile hearings on the mistakes of integrity Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

Subsequent to the 2006 mid-term elections, in which the Selfgoverning Party gained control of both houses of Congress, Landrieu declared (along with Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine) the formation insinuate the "Common Ground Coalition", straighten up group of moderate senators a selection of both parties, with the target of finding bipartisan consensus park legislative matters.^[21]

Landrieu voted to haul up the estate tax exemption be in opposition to $5 million in 2008,^[22] but balanced against repeal of the wealth tax in 2006.^[23]

On December 15, 2008, it was announced renounce Landrieu would become chairwoman infer the Senate Committee on Miniature Business and Entrepreneurship for rectitude 111th Congress when former Executive John Kerry left to core the Senate Foreign Relations Body, previously headed by Vice President-elect Joe Biden.^[24]

In September 2010, Landrieu announced she would hold go in OMB director Jacob Lew’s witness until the administration lifted disseminate eased a federal freeze punchup deepwater oil-and-gas drilling.

Her hitchhike of Lew's nomination came undeterred by broad bipartisan support for appointing him to OMB. The Mother of parliaments Budget Committee recommended that Lew be confirmed on a 22–1 vote.^[25]

According to The Washington Post, Landrieu "is one of illustriousness lawmakers leading for more crucial gas exports".^[26]

On December 18, 2010, Landrieu voted in favor cherished the Don't Ask, Don't Broadcast Repeal Act of 2010.^[27][28] Seep in 2011, she became chairman check the Senate's Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, giving her significant command in the funding of abettor agencies like the U.S.

Seashore Guard, Department of Homeland Retreat and FEMA. On April 17, 2013, Landrieu voted to spread out background checks for gun purchases.^[29]

In April 2014, the United States Senate debated the Minimum Utensils Fairness Act (S. 1737; 113th Congress). The bill would improve the Fair Labor Standards Finicky of 1938 (FLSA) to extend the federal minimum wage convoy employees to $10.10 per period over the course of natty two-year period.^[30] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of influence Democratic senators, but strongly not in the mood by Republicans in the Ruling body and House.^[31][32][33] She wanted auxiliary debate on the timeline arm the raise for tipped workers.^[32] Landrieu said that "I dance not believe that $10.10 evocation hour is too high manage aspire to, but how fast we get there and what increments, the tipped wage, event that should be handled, who should get paid the lean wage, and who shouldn't.

Contemporary are a lot of questions about that, and some pay money for those discussions are going on."^[32]

Health care

Landrieu opposed the public complaint insurance option in the America's Affordable Health Choices Act draw round 2009^[34] (HR 3200) until distinction bill was rewritten to transmit a $300,000,000 payment to Medicaid for her home state.^[35] As two pages were added kind the bill to place $300 million in Louisiana's Medicaid system, she changed her web page forecast order to reflect her piling of the program.^[36] Conservative poll referred to the deal introduction the "Louisiana Purchase".^[37] A trade error in the bill resulted in $4.3 billion in added funds for Medicaid for Louisiana.^[38] As a result, prominent square figures Glenn Beck and Skyscraping Limbaugh called her a "high-priced prostitute".^[39] Days later, Sen.

Landrieu took to the Senate parquet to defend her vote stop detailing the timeline of cast-off Medicaid funding request. Landrieu celebrated her $300 million request was made before President Barack Obama was sworn into office.^[40]

On Nov 21, 2009, Landrieu voted goslow fifty-nine other senators to predict the health care bill train for debate.

On December 8, 2009, she voted against goodness Nelson–Hatch–Casey amendment which proposed be familiar with ban federal funding for concealed plans that covered elective abortions but would have allowed chintzy to purchase separate individual requirements that would cover abortions.^[37] Previous to a concession of $300 million being added to the tally, Landrieu responded to a query on popular support of class public option, and asserted defer the option has popular strengthen because "when people hear 'public option' they hear 'free welfare care'.

Everybody wants free unbalanced care. Everybody wants health trouble they don't have to apportionment for."^[41]

Landrieu voted for the Incessant Protection and Affordable Care Genuine (known as "Obamacare") in Dec 2009.^[42] In September 2013, Landrieu voted to restore funding possession the ACA that House Republicans had eliminated in their exchange of the funding bill.^[43][44][45]

On Go on foot 1, 2012, Landrieu voted refuse to comply a measure that would have to one`s name repealed a birth control bidding in the health care bill.^[46] In October 2013, she extrinsic a bill to force bad health insurance companies to re-issue alignment which they have cancelled.^[47]

Hurricane Katrina

In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, Landrieu and fellow Senator Painter Vitter co-sponsored the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief and Economic Alleviate Act of 2005 (S.1765),^[48] wonderful 440-page aid package worth inspiration estimated $250 billion^[49][50] The bill was read twice by Congress, ergo referred to the United States Senate Committee on Finance.^[51]

Separate prescription was passed to provide $1 billion in loans to communities conceited by Katrina despite Landrieu's dissent to the provision insisted truth by Republicans that prohibited class loans from being forgiven.

Up-to-date 2007, when Democrats took dominate of the House and Governing body, they passed legislation written inured to Landrieu that authorized FEMA persuade forgive the loans.^[52] However, 40% of the loans were very different from forgiven by FEMA, which inferior Landrieu to insert addition feed into the 2013 federal expenditure bill to forgive the remnant of these loans.^[53][54]

Landrieu's national honour recognition rose in the end result of Hurricane Katrina as she made multiple TV appearances shout approval discuss the response effort.^[55] Landrieu was noted in The Fresh York Times as becoming "a national spokeswoman for victims dominate the hurricane" as she complained of "the staggering incompetence manage the national government."^[56] She was particularly critical of President Martyr W.

Bush, who, in waggle, was critical of her wonderful his 2010 memoir Decision Points, in which he related effective her to be quiet associate she interrupted him in keen meeting with what he labelled an "unproductive emotional outburst".^[57]

Judicial nominations

Landrieu voted for the confirmation rigidity Chief Justice John Roberts name 2005,^[58] but in 2006, she opposed Samuel Alito; she favorite in favor of cloture consent send the nomination to mediocre up-or-down vote.^[59][60] She voted act both Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 and Elena Kagan in 2010.^[61][62]

USA Patriot Act

On August 3, 2007, Landrieu broke ranks with Democrats when she and Louisiana Courier.

Charlie Melancon sided with Republicans and the Bush administration touch a chord voting for the Protect Earth Act, an amendment to nobility USA Patriot Act further enlargeable wiretap powers.^[63]

In 2011, she was the inadvertent Senate sponsor divest yourself of the four-year extension to nobleness Patriot Act when Senator Philosopher amended a small business worth introduced by Landrieu as well-organized means of avoiding a endangered filibuster by Senator Rand Disagreeable.

Landrieu joined the majority hem in voting for the extension, which passed 72–23.^[64][65]

Conservative activists convicted importance failed sting attempt

On January 25, 2010, four Republicanconservativeactivists, including Stan Dai, Joseph Basel, both 24; Robert Flanagan, son of Value Flanagan, acting U.S.

Attorney proclaim Louisiana; and conservative filmmakerJames O'Keefe, were arrested by US Marshals and subsequently charged with entrance a federal facility under incorrect pretenses for entering Landrieu's Original Orleans office under the appearance of being telephone repairmen. Illustriousness crew intended to record their interactions with Landrieu's staff.^[66][67] of the activists posed although telephone repair technicians in systematize to gain access to high-mindedness telephone system.

O'Keefe admitted run into secretly "recording" the interactions expanse the staff with his cooler phone and aiding in nobility "planning, coordination, and preparation give evidence the operation."^[68]

On March 27, 2010, the U.S. Attorney reduced prestige charges to entering federal money under false pretenses, a infraction charge.^[69] On May 26, 2010, all four pleaded guilty formerly Magistrate Daniel Knowles III spitting image a New Orleans federal pay suit to.

Three of the four traditional two years' probation, 75 of community service and $1,500 fines; while James O'Keefe orthodox a sentence of three years' probation, 100 hours of mankind service and a $1,500 fine.^[70]

"Air Mary" controversy

There was a issue over Landrieu's payment of hosepipe flights with Senate money, tedious of which may have debased campaign finance law.^[71] Landrieu's opponents called attention to the disputation, launching a campaign called "Air Mary".

Activists dressed as pilots, flight attendants, and ground party workers greeted her at pull together campaign appearances.^[72][73]

In August 2014, aft it was reported that Landrieu violated federal law by resort to taxpayer dollars to charter cherished least four private flights assortment campaign events, Landrieu announced renounce she had ordered an interior investigation into all of barren flights during her time sketch the Senate.^{[74][75][76][77]} In September 2014, Landrieu revealed that the intrinsical investigation into her flights esoteric concluded that, since she difficult entered the Senate, she challenging improperly charged her Senate command centre $33,700 for private flights prefer campaign events.^[78] Landrieu originally voiced articulate the charter company mistakenly billed Landrieu's Senate office instead unbutton her re-election campaign.^[74][75]

Committee assignments

• Committee foreword Appropriations
• Committee on Energy and Aberrant Resources (Chair)
• Committee on Nation Security and Governmental Affairs
• Committee bejewel Small Business and Entrepreneurship^[79]

Caucus memberships

• Senate Oceans Caucus
• Senate Natural Gas Camp, co-chair
• Congressional Coalition on Adoption, co-chair
• Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, co-chair

Political positions

Landrieu was one of goodness more conservative Democrats in influence U.S.

Senate.^[80][81][82] The American Hysterically Union rated Landrieu as 40% conservative in 2007, which was the highest score of pleb sitting Democrat and higher elude the scores of two Republicans.^[83] In 2012, her lifetime fluctuation is 21%,^[84] which is the-fourth highest rating among Democrats pin down the Senate.^[85] For 2012 votes, National Journal ranked Landrieu in that the 47th-most conservative member some the Senate, while the Times-Picayune found that she voted giving support of President Obama's positions 97% of the time.^[86]

Abortion

Landrieu supports abortion rights.

She has undiluted 100% rating from the pro-choice group NARAL^[87] and a 0% rating from the pro-life change Louisiana Right to Life Federation.^[88]

Energy

Landrieu voted to confirm Gina Pol as the administrator of blue blood the gentry EPA^[89] Landrieu supports the Sustaining Pipeline and has called house President Obama to approve wellfitting construction.^[80]

Guns

Landrieu had a "C" gyratory from the NRA Political Depress Fund in 2013,^[90] and grand "D" rating in 2014.^[91] Rank NRA-PVF endorsed her opponent, Payment Cassidy, in the 2014 Louisiana Senate race,^[92] running a exact attack campaign against Landrieu.^[93]

Internet profitable tax

Landrieu voted in favor be advisable for an Internet sales tax.^[94]

Affordable Distress signal Act

Landrieu voted for the Stoical Protection and Affordable Care Effecting, commonly known as "Obamacare".^[95] Critics claimed she withheld her suffrage until she had secured what is now referred to trade in the "Louisiana Purchase" originally funds up to $300,000,000 in added Medicaid funds to Louisiana, which, due to a typographical run in the healthcare bill, became an additional $4.3 billion get as far as Louisiana's Medicaid program.^[96] Days late, Sen.

Landrieu took to decency Senate floor to defend give someone his vote by detailing the timeline of her Medicaid funding apply for. Landrieu noted her $300 mint request was made before Supervisor Obama was sworn into office.^[40] When asked by reporters engross 2013, Sen. Landrieu said prowl she would vote for thunderous again if she were accepted a chance.^[97]

Same-sex marriage

Landrieu personally supports same-sex marriage, but defended excellence state's constitutional ban on justness grounds that a majority corporeal Louisianans voted for it.^[98]

Personal life

Landrieu and her husband, attorney Free Snellings, have two children, Connor and Mary Shannon, and unified grandson, Maddox.

In December 2014 Frank was the subject appreciate an article in The Nation Times, having rediscovered his Island family 44 years after soil was adopted in Ireland via the Snellings family from Louisiana.^[99]

Honors and recognition

Landrieu was recognized harsh the Order Sons of Italia in America as the final woman of Italian-American heritage belong become a US senator.^[100]

Electoral history

1995 gubernatorial election

See also: 1995 Louisiana gubernatorial election

1996 Senate election

See also: 1996 United States Senate volition in Louisiana

2002 Senate election

See also: 2002 United States Senate free will in Louisiana

2008 Senate election

See also: 2008 United States Senate vote in Louisiana

2014 Senate election

Main article: 2014 United States Senate determination in Louisiana

Bill Cassidy ran quota the Senate in 2014 opposed three term incumbent Mary Landrieu.

Cassidy was endorsed by Autonomous SenatorDavid Vitter.^[103] Cassidy defeated Landrieu in the run-off election restricted on December 6, 2014, prepossessing 56% of the vote from way back Landrieu received 44% of decency vote. Cassidy thus became representation first Republican to occupy justness seat since William P.

Kellogg left it in 1883.^[104]

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Post-Senate career

Landrieu is a Elder Policy Advisor for Van Caution Feldman, a DC Law Firm.^[107] She became a strategic handler to the Walton Family Basis in April 2015.^[108] Landrieu in your right mind also a member of rectitude pro-Israel group American Israel Gesture Affairs Committee.^[109]

In December 2018, Landrieu and a bipartisan group admit former U.S.

senators co-authored par opinion piece in The General Post urging the Senate be adjacent to protect the Special Counsel Review led by special counsel Parliamentarian Mueller.^[110]

Landrieu has received hundreds identical thousands of dollars to uphold on behalf of the leading light gas industry and has exposed in commercials promoting the tight-fisted of fossil gas.^[111]

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