Breaux-Lott’s Fat 1st Quarter

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff

April 23, 2008, 12 a.m.

Less than four months after he left office, former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) has already scored a major payday downtown. The firm he founded with former Sen. John Breaux (D-La.) earned at least $945,000 during its first quarter in business, according to House filings.

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