Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu | |
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United States Senator from Louisiana | |
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | J. Bennett Johnston |
Succeeded by | Bill Cassidy |
Chair of the Senate Energy Committee | |
In office February 12, 2014 – January 3, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ron Wyden |
Succeeded by | Lisa Murkowski |
Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee | |
In office January 3, 2009 – February 12, 2014 | |
Preceded by | John Kerry |
Succeeded by | Maria Cantwell |
Treasurer of Louisiana | |
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 |
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 90th district | |
In office 1980–1988 | |
Preceded by | Clyde F. Bel Jr. |
Succeeded by | Mitch Landrieu |
Personal details | |
Born | Mary Loretta Landrieu November 23, 1955 Arlington, 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) |
Signature | |
Mary Loretta Landrieu (/ˈlændruː/ LAN-drew;[1] born November 23, 1955) is an American entrepreneur and politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 1997 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Landrieu served as the Louisiana State Treasurer from 1988 to 1996, and in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1980 to 1988.
Born in
Landrieu came to national attention in the wake of
Early life, education, and real estate career
Landrieu was born in
Before entering politics, Landrieu worked as a real estate agent.[9] She is Italian on her mother's side, and her family was among the large wave of Sicilian immigrants that came to Louisiana during the nineteenth century.[citation needed] Her mother, Verna Satterlee Landrieu, was the daughter of Kent Satterlee and Olga Helen Macheca.[citation needed] Landrieu has been repeatedly highlighted by the Order Sons of Italy in America as the first woman of Italian-American heritage to become a US senator.[10] Her paternal great-grandmother Cerentha Mackey was the illegitimate child of a mixed-race black woman and an unknown father.[11][12]
Early political career
State legislature
Landrieu was first elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1979, serving from 1980 to 1988 and representing a New Orleans district. She was re-elected to the 90th district in October 1983 with 78% of the vote.[13] In October 1987, she was succeeded in the 90th district by her brother Mitch.[14]
On July 25, 1995,
State treasurer
On January 1, 1987,
1995 gubernatorial election
Landrieu declined to run for a third term as Treasurer, giving up the office to run for
U.S. Senate
Elections
Landrieu was elected in
In
Landrieu sought re-election in 2014. Former President Bill Clinton campaigned on her behalf in Louisiana.[21] While Landrieu garnered 42% of the vote she fell short of the 50.1% required for re-election. She was defeated in the December 6, 2014, runoff election by her Republican opponent, Congressman Bill Cassidy, by a 56% to 44% margin. [22]
Tenure
In 2002, she voted for the
In 2005, Landrieu sponsored a resolution, which the Senate passed in an unprecedented action, to formally apologize for its repeated failure in the early twentieth century to pass anti-lynching legislation.[24] The Senate Southern white Democrats had filibustered the Dyer bill in 1922[25] and two other bills that passed the House. She held high-profile hearings on the mistakes of the 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 Democratic Party gained control of both houses of Congress, Landrieu announced (along with Republican Olympia Snowe of Maine) the formation of the "Common Ground Coalition", a group of moderate senators of both parties, with the goal of finding bipartisan consensus on legislative matters.[26]
Landrieu voted to raise the estate tax exemption to $5 million in 2008,[27] but voted against repeal of the estate tax in 2006.[28]
On December 15, 2008, it was announced that Landrieu would become chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship for the 111th Congress when former Chairman
In September 2010, Landrieu announced she would hold up OMB director
According to The Washington Post, Landrieu "is one of the lawmakers leading for more natural gas exports".[31]
On December 18, 2010, Landrieu voted in favor of the
In April 2014, the United States Senate debated the
Health care
Landrieu opposed the public health insurance option in the America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009[39] (HR 3200) until the bill was rewritten to send a $300,000,000 payment to Medicaid for her home state.[40] When two pages were added to the bill to place $300 million in Louisiana's Medicaid system, she changed her web page in order to reflect her support of the program.[41] Conservative figures referred to the deal as the "Louisiana Purchase".[42] A typographical error in the bill resulted in $4.3 billion in additional funds for Medicaid for Louisiana.[43] As a result, prominent conservative figures Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh called her a "high-priced prostitute".[44] Days later, Sen. Landrieu took to the Senate floor to defend her vote by detailing the timeline of her Medicaid funding request. Landrieu noted her $300 million request was made before President Barack Obama was sworn into office.[45]
On November 21, 2009, Landrieu voted with fifty-nine other senators to bring the health care bill up for debate. On December 8, 2009, she voted against the Nelson–Hatch–Casey amendment which proposed to ban federal funding for private plans that covered elective abortions but would have allowed individuals to purchase separate individual riders that would cover abortions.
Landrieu voted for the
On March 1, 2012, Landrieu voted against a measure that would have repealed a birth control mandate in the health care bill.[51] In October 2013, she introduced a bill to force health insurance companies to re-issue plans which they have cancelled.[52]
Hurricane Katrina
In the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, Landrieu and fellow Senator David Vitter co-sponsored the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief and Economic Recovery Act of 2005 (S.1765),[53] a 440-page aid package worth an estimated $250 billion[54][55] The bill was read twice by Congress, then referred to the United States Senate Committee on Finance.[56]
Separate legislation was passed to provide $1 billion in loans to communities affected by Katrina despite Landrieu's objection to the provision insisted on by Republicans that prohibited the loans from being forgiven. In 2007, when Democrats took control of the House and Senate, they passed legislation written by Landrieu that authorized FEMA to forgive the loans.[57] However, 40% of the loans were not forgiven by FEMA, which led Landrieu to insert addition provisions into the 2013 federal spending bill to forgive the remainder of these loans.[58][59]
Landrieu's national name recognition rose in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as she made multiple TV appearances to discuss the response effort.[60] Landrieu was noted in The New York Times as becoming "a national spokeswoman for victims of the hurricane" as she complained of "the staggering incompetence of the national government."[61] She was particularly critical of President George W. Bush, who, in turn, was critical of her in his 2010 memoir Decision Points, in which he related telling her to be quiet after she interrupted him in a meeting with what he called an "unproductive emotional outburst".[62]
Judicial nominations
Landrieu voted for the confirmation of Chief Justice John Roberts in 2005,[63] but in 2006, she opposed Samuel Alito; she voted in favor of cloture to send the nomination to an up-or-down vote.[64][65] She voted for both Sonia Sotomayor in 2009 and Elena Kagan in 2010.[66][67]
USA PATRIOT Act
On August 3, 2007, Landrieu broke ranks with Democrats when she and Louisiana Rep.
In 2011, she was the inadvertent Senate sponsor of the four-year extension to the Patriot Act when Senator Reid amended a small business bill introduced by Landrieu as a means of avoiding a threatened filibuster by Senator Rand Paul. Landrieu joined the majority in voting for the extension, which passed 72–23.[69][70]
Conservative activists convicted in failed sting attempt
On January 25, 2010, four
On March 27, 2010, the U.S. Attorney reduced the charges to entering federal property under false pretenses, a misdemeanor charge.[74] On May 26, 2010, all four pleaded guilty before Magistrate Daniel Knowles III in a New Orleans federal court. Three of the four received two years' probation, 75 hours of community service and $1,500 fines; while James O'Keefe received a sentence of three years' probation, 100 hours of community service and a $1,500 fine.[75]
"Air Mary" controversy
There was a controversy over Landrieu's payment of airline flights with Senate money, some of which may have violated campaign finance law.[76] Landrieu's opponents called attention to the controversy, launching a campaign called "Air Mary". Activists dressed as pilots, flight attendants, and ground crew workers greeted her at her campaign appearances.[77][78]
In August 2014 after it was reported that Landrieu violated federal law by using taxpayer dollars to charter at least four private flights to campaign events Landrieu announced that she had ordered an internal investigation into all of her flights during her time in the Senate.[79][80][81][82] In September 2014, Landrieu revealed that the internal investigation into her flights had concluded that since she had entered the Senate she had improperly charged her Senate office $33,700 for private flights to campaign events.[83] Landrieu originally said the charter company mistakenly billed Landrieu's Senate office instead of her re-election campaign.[79][80]
Committee assignments
- Committee on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
- Subcommittee on Homeland Security (Chair)
- Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Chair)
- Subcommittee on Energy
- Subcommittee on National Parks
- Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests
- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
- Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia
- Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration
- Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery(Chair)
- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship[84]
Caucus memberships
- Senate Oceans Caucus
- Senate Natural Gas Caucus, co-chair
- Congressional Coalition on Adoption, co-chair
- Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, co-chair
Political positions
Landrieu was one of the more conservative
Abortion
Landrieu supports abortion rights. She has a 100% rating from the pro-choice group
Energy
Landrieu voted to confirm
Guns
Landrieu had a "C" rating from the
Internet sales tax
Landrieu voted in favor of an
Affordable Care Act
Landrieu voted for the
Same-sex marriage
Landrieu personally supports same-sex marriage, but defended the state's constitutional ban on the grounds that a majority of Louisianans voted for it.[103]
Personal life
Landrieu and her husband,
Electoral history
1995 gubernatorial election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mike Foster
|
385,267 | 26.10 | |
Democratic | Cleo Fields | 280,921 | 19.03 | |
Democratic | Mary Landrieu | 271,938 | 18.43 | |
Republican | Buddy Roemer | 263,330 | 17.84 | |
Democratic | Phil Preis | 133,271 | 9.03 | |
Democratic | Melinda Schwegmann | 71,288 | 4.83 | |
Democratic | Robert Adley | 27,534 | 1.87 | |
Independent | Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols | 16,616 | 1.13 | |
Democratic | Gene H. Alexander | 5,688 | 0.39 | |
Independent | Kenneth Woods | 4,964 | 0.34 | |
Independent | Darryl Paul Ward | 4,210 | 0.29 | |
Democratic | Belinda Alexandrenko | 3,161 | 0.21 | |
Independent | Lonnie Creech | 2,338 | 0.16 | |
Independent | Ronnie Glynn Johnson | 1,884 | 0.13 | |
Independent | Anne Thompson | 1,416 | 0.1 | |
Total votes | 1,473,826 | 100 |
1996 Senate election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Woody Jenkins | 322,244 | 26.23 | ||
Democratic | Mary Landrieu | 264,268 | 21.51 | ||
Democratic | Richard Ieyoub | 250,682 | 20.41 | ||
Republican | David Duke | 141,489 | 11.52 | ||
Republican | Jimmy Hayes | 71,699 | 5.84 | ||
Republican | Bill Linder | 58,243 | 4.74 | ||
Republican | Chuck McMains | 45,164 | 3.68 | ||
Republican | Peggy Wilson | 31,877 | 2.6 | ||
Democratic | Troyce Guice | 15,277 | 1.24 | ||
Independent
|
Nicholas J. Accardo | 10,035 | 0.82 | ||
Independent
|
Arthur D. "Jim" Nichols | 7,894 | 0.64 | ||
Democratic | Sadie Roberts-Joseph | 4,660 | 0.38 | ||
Independent
|
Tom Kirk | 1,987 | 0.16 | ||
Independent
|
Darryl Paul Ward | 1,770 | 0.14 | ||
Independent
|
Sam Houston Melton, Jr. | 1,270 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,228,559 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mary Landrieu | 852,945 | 50.17 | -3.78 | |
Republican | Woody Jenkins | 847,157 | 49.83 | +6.35 | |
Majority | 5788 | 0.34 | -10.13 | ||
Turnout | 1,700,102 | ||||
Democratic hold |
2002 Senate election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (Incumbent) | 573,347 | 46.00 | ||
Republican | Suzanne Haik Terrell | 339,506 | 27.24 | ||
Republican | John Cooksey | 171,752 | 13.78 | ||
Republican | Tony Perkins | 119,776 | 9.61 | ||
Democratic | Raymond Brown | 23,553 | 1.89 | ||
Independent
|
Patrick E. "Live Wire" Landry | 10,442 | 0.84 | ||
Independent
|
James Lemann | 3,866 | 0.31 | ||
Libertarian | Gary D. Robbins | 2,423 | 0.19 | ||
Republican | Ernest Edward Skillman, Jr. | 1,668 | 0.13 | ||
Turnout | 1,246,333 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (Incumbent) | 638,654 | 51.70 | +1.53 | |
Republican | Suzanne Haik Terrell | 596,642 | 48.30 | -1.53 | |
Majority | 42,012 | 3.4 | +3.06 | ||
Turnout | 1,235,296 | ||||
Democratic hold |
2008 Senate election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (Incumbent) | 988,298 | 52.11 | +0.41 | |
Republican | John Neely Kennedy
|
867,177 | 45.72 | -2.58 | |
Libertarian | Richard Fontanesi | 18,590 | 0.98 | n/a | |
Independent
|
Jay Patel | 13,729 | 0.72 | n/a | |
Independent
|
Robert Stewart | 8,780 | 0.46 | n/a | |
Majority | 121,121 | 6.39 | +2.99 | ||
Turnout | 1,896,574 | ||||
Democratic hold |
2014 Senate election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (Incumbent) | 619,402 | 42.08 | |
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 603,048 | 40.97 | |
Republican | Rob Maness | 202,556 | 13.76 | |
Republican | Thomas Clements | 14,173 | 0.96 | |
Libertarian | Brannon McMorris | 13,034 | 0.89 | |
Democratic | Wayne Ables | 11,323 | 0.77 | |
Democratic | William Waymire | 4,673 | 0.32 | |
Democratic | Vallian Senegal | 3,835 | 0.26 | |
Total votes | 1,473,826 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Bill Cassidy | 712,379 | 55.93% | |
Democratic | Mary Landrieu (Incumbent) | 561,210 | 44.07% | |
Total votes | 1,273,589 | 100.00% | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |
Post-Senate career
Landrieu is a Senior Policy Advisor for
In December 2018, Landrieu and a bipartisan group of former U.S. senators co-authored an opinion piece in The Washington Post urging the Senate to protect the Special Counsel Investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller.[114]
Landrieu has received hundreds of thousands of dollars to advocate on behalf of the natural gas industry and has appeared in commercials promoting the benefits of fossil gas.[115]
See also
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- ^ Amira, Dan (April 8, 2013). "Mary Landrieu Supports Gay Marriage in the Only Way That Matters". New York. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
people should love who they love and marry who they want to marry
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- ^ Landrieu, Mary; et al. (December 10, 2018). "We are former senators. The Senate has long stood in defense of democracy – and must again". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ Samuelson, Arielle. "Here's how much Democrats get paid to shill for fossil fuels". heated.world. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
Further reading
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Profile at Vote Smart
External links
- Mary Landrieu official Senate Website (archived)
- Mary Landrieu at Curlie
- Appearances on C-SPAN