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      <excerpt>...costs at the courthouse went over budget. They also regularly challenge Big Sandy native Sen. Jon Tester for earmarks and Sen. Max Baucus on health care. The lead writer said although you won't see anything positive about President Barack Obama on the b</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...architects of financial regulatory reform proposals, such as Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee; Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Rep. Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...then about the plan, but he did give the broad outlines of what Senate negotiators, including Finance Committee chairman Sen. Max Baucus, have been working on.  &quot;It's a plan that will create the right conditions for the private sector to hire more peopl</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...he &quot;has insisted that the biodiesel tax credit be a part of any discussions&quot; on a jobs bill with the panel's chairman, Max Baucus, D-Mont. The $1-a-gallon tax credit for biodiesel &quot;remains a top priority for Senator Grassley to extend the credit at the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...companies that hire new employees.  &quot;The thing about around here is nothing's agreed to until everything's agreed to,&quot; said Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), who's leading the negotiations, according to Politico. &quot;We can be very close, and it can collapse beca</excerpt>
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      <excerpt> That is, with President Obama reaching across the aisle in ways not seen in modern history &#8212; and with Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) insisting on crafting a jobs ... </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...some folks' concerns that it isn't healthy. (We think it's downright tasty.)&#160;In recent years,&#160;Democratic&#160;such as&#160;Harry Reid, Max Baucus and Charlie Rangel, as well as Republicans&#160;such as Mitch McConnell, Steve Buyer&#160;and Jim DeMint, have received t</excerpt>
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