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Max Sieben Baucus (born December 11, 1941) is the senior United States Senator from Montana and a member of the Democratic Party.
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The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee released his much-anticipated version of a health care reform plan on Wednesday, but was knocked back quickly by Republican and liberal Democratic opposition that called the plan undoable.
Despite the early criticisms, Sen. Max Baucus , D-Mont., said that his plan, which has no government-run insurance option, is a "common-sense bill that can pass the Senate" and represents a compromise. The proposal does include a different system aimed at providing Americans an alternative to traditional private insurance. "This is our chance to reform health care in America. We cannot let this opportunity pass," he said, predicting that he will eventually attract Republicans. "We will act." The package was pegged at $856 billion over 10 years, which is less than the $880 billion price tag Baucus previously advertised. It also largely follows the outline given by President Obama a week ago. The Congressional Budget Office gave the bill a price tag of $774 ...In a decisive vote that could forecast the demise of a proposed government health insurance plan, the Senate Finance Committee voted twice Tuesday against creating a...
Two top lawmakers say the House of Representatives and Senate have sealed a final agreement on legislation to renew a 2 percentage-point cut in the payroll tax and j...
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has once more used her page on a social networking Web site to criticize the sweeping health care overhaul bill approved by the Senate...
Democrats suggested Wednesday that too much has already been cut from non-defense spending to come up with $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years, as sources o...
WASHINGTON - With a sweeping U.S. health care overhaul proposal finally on the table, senators who've been waiting months to see the bill are lined up to offer a bev...
Hours before President Obama was set to deliver a make-or-break speech on health care reform , a top Senate negotiator conceded the government-run insurance program ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he still wants to work with Republicans to craft a "bipartisan" health care reform package, despite a prior war...
WASHINGTON -- A Senate chairman who will have a major role in writing health care legislation said Tuesday he hopes to convince President Obama that taxing some empl...
The controversy over Sen. Max Baucus mixing love and politics seems to have come and gone in a matter of days, with his Senate colleagues ignoring calls for an inqui...
A key senator in the health care reform debate dug in his heels Sunday in opposition to calls for taxing employer-provided health benefits, saying the comprehensive ...
WASHINGTON – Democrats trying to push President Obama's health care overhaul through the Senate received a sobering economic warning from a new government report Fri...
WASHINGTON -- Benefits for seniors on Medicare emerged as a flashpoint Thursday as senators writing a sweeping health care overhaul began their third day of slow-mov...
Republicans on Saturday called on the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate the disclosure by a senior Democrat that he had recommended his girlfriend to be U.S. at...
WASHINGTON - Health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama all but cleared a major hurdle in the Senate early Friday as Democratic liberals and moderates ...
WASHINGTON - Sen. Max Baucus ' decision to release his long-awaited health care overhaul bill with no Republicans on board dims the chances for a bipartisan compromi...
WASHINGTON -- When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate -- and perhaps more than one Republican -- will support legislation overhauling the nation's h...
DEVELOPING ... Hours before President Obama was set to deliver a make-or-break speech on health care reform , a top Senate negotiator conceded the government-run ins...
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Senate Finance Committee chairman unveils 'bipartisan' health care reform plan
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