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James Sasser got his start in politics working as an intern for Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver in the 1950s and then working with Senator Albert Gore, Sr. Sasser ran for and was elected senator as a Democrat from Tennessee in 1976, campaigning alongside Jimmy Carter. Sasser immediately took a seat on the Senate Budget Committee and served on that committee during his entire tenure in the senate. He lost reelection in 1994 to Bill Frist. In this interview, Senator Sasser reflects on changes in the national political landscape since the 1970s. He also discusses key pieces of budget-related legislation, including Gramm-Rudman-Hollings (1985) and the Budget Enforcement Act (1990).

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James Sasser: Senator (D-TN), 1976-1994
Creator
Sasser, James, interviewee
Sharma, Patrick, interviewer
Published
Berkeley, CA, Regional Oral History Office, 2011
Full Collection Name
Slaying the Dragon of Debt: US Fiscal Politics and Policy Oral Histories
Subject (Topic)
Politics, Law, and Policy
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Oral histories.
Archive
The Bancroft Library Oral History Center
Note
Sasser, James. "James Sasser: Senator (D-TN), 1976-1994." Interview by Patrick Sharma in 2011. Oral History Center, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 2011.
Interview date(s) 2011
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