Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Max Baucus [D, MT]

White House sharpens focus on path forward

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...week, with the Senate starting to mark up a bill and a bipartisan group in the House announcing the outlines of an agreement. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., who is a central player in negotiating a budget deal, suggested that the scandals could even bring a

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Republicans use IRS scandal to tar Obamacare

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...desired health-care plan, drive up health-care costs, and prevent businesses from creating jobs, Harris recalled the words of Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., one of the law's chief authors, who recently warned Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebe

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IRS Targeting Scandal Rooted in Campaign-Finance Politics

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...impacts by requiring stronger disclosure provisions, but that and subsequent efforts failed. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., issued a letter Sept. 29, 2010 to then IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman to investigate "the use of tax-exemp

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IRS Scandal: Obama Administration Officials Knew About Tea Party Probe Last June

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...give testimony, are scheduled in the coming days. The FBI is also conducting a criminal investigation into the IRS. Democrat Sen. Max Baucus, who recently referred to Obamacare as a “huge train wreck” said “I have a hunch that a lot more is going

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TV highlights: Ben Affleck hosts season finale of ‘Saturday Night Live’

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...at 11) re-airs a special broadcast with Bishop T.D. Jakes; “Bloomberg Government’s Capitol Gains” (WUSA at 11:30) has Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Bloomberg’s Matt Hummer and Alan Levin; Sunday night, Tracy Morgan host

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Baucus on IRS: ‘I have a hunch that a lot more is going to come out’

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Max Baucus (D-Mont.) (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) More revelations about political targeting inside the Internal Revenue Service are coming, the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) predicted. “I have a hunch that a lot m

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Lautenberg returns to DC

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...questions afterwards. As he was wheeled toward a Senators only elevator, his wife and then Sens. Tom Cardin (D., Md.) and Max Baucus (D. Mont.) brusquely stepped between Lautenberg and the press, seeming to shield him as reporters asked questions. Laute

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House again votes to repeal Obama health law

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...the law on the campaign trail, including Corey Stapleton, a GOP contender vying to replace retiring Montana Democratic Sen. Max Baucus. West Virginia Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, who is gunning for retiring Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s seat, has ca

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EPA Pick Gina McCarthy Advances To Full Senate Confirmation After Delayed Committee Vote

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...meaning Boxer needed 10 members of the committee to show up. The absence of committee Republicans last Thursday, as well as Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), left Democrats with only eight members. Lautenberg's poor health ha

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10 Questions Obama Must Answer on IRS Scandal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...told the New York Times , following Levin’s letters to then-IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman and Director Lois Lerner? Did Sen. Max Baucus (D-MO) or his staff communicate or coordinate with IRS agents after Baucus wrote this September 28, 2010 letter ins

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Hardly legendary

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...must take exception to Gabriel Furshong’s stunt to paint Montana Sen. Max Baucus as an unrelenting conservationist (see “Lasting impression,” May 2). It might be true that Baucus used some back door sway to protect Montana’s wild areas, such as

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IRS Mess Could Yield Tax Reform: Baucus

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...John Harwood talks with Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Rep. David Camp (R-MI) provide their take on the IRS targeting scandal. Congress wants answers on why the IRS targeted conservative groups, two senior politicians from both sides of the aisle told CNBC

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Barbara Boxer Sees Sexism In EPA Nominee Boycott By Republicans

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...for a vote. That means Boxer needed 10 members of the committee to show up. The absence of committee Republicans as well as Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) left Democrats with only eight. Lautenberg's poor health has kept hi

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Utah’s Hatch wants IRS chief to resign over tea party scandal

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...leader Mitch McConnell , like Hatch, has called on Miller to resign. Miller met privately with Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., for an hour on Tuesday. Baucus has promised to hold hearings on the scandal soon and has yet to say whether he

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Key Senate committee agrees Medicare payments must change

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...emerged that the time has come to repeal the “sustainable growth rate,” the name for the reimbursement system. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the committee’s chairman, said simply rescinding such a fee structure is inadequate because something must tak

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Sen. Max Baucus, who's heading IRS hearings, once urged agency to target conservative groups

2013-05-14T01:00:00Z

...Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, may be leading the current investigation against the Internal Revenue Service, heading hearings about the agency’s admitted targeting of certain conservative-minded nonprofits. But just a few years ago, Mr. Baucus was act

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IRS Under Fire for Scrutinizing Tax Status of Conservative Groups

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...its political stance is completely inappropriate. JUDY WOODRUFF: The chair of the Senate Finance Committee, Montana Democrat Max Baucus, has said his panel will look into the matter. And two Republican committee chairs in the House also have vowed to in

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IRS Hearing Set for Friday Amid Bipartisan Outrage

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...that the agency admits it targeted American taxpayers based on politics is both astounding and appalling.” Earlier Monday, Sen. Max Baucus (D., Mont.), who is chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said his committee would investigate as well, and

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7 Senate seats Republicans are targeting in 2014

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...be a huge recruit for Republicans, but he still has not yet signed on the dotted line yet. 5. Montana Incumbent: Retiring Sen. Max Baucus Latest poll: Harper Polling, April 28, 2013: Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer 47 percent, former-Republican Gov. Ma

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Sen. Heller takes IRS to task over targeting conservative groups

2013-05-13T01:00:00Z

...surrounding reports that the IRS unfairly targeted conservative groups. The letter asks Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., to ensure that these individuals ar

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