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| Term Start | Term End | Role | State | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2014 | Senator | MT | Democrat |
| See All 9 Terms | ||||
Committee Membership
Sponsored Bill Statistics
Recent Voting History
| Bill | Voted |
|---|---|
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H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Amdt. 1247 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 08, 2009 |
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H.R.1256 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 1256 ) |
Aye (with party)
June 02, 2009 |
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H.R.2346 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2009 On Passage of the Bill (HR 2346 As Amended ) |
Aye (with party)
May 21, 2009 |
Voting Trends Analysis
- Most often votes with: Sen. Jon Tester [D, MT]
- Least often votes with: Sen. Jim DeMint [R, SC]
- Republican most often votes with: Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME]
- Democrat least often votes with: Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
- Votes with party: 91% (Ranks 67 of 100)
- Abstains: 0% (Ranks 28 of 100)
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Max Baucus in the News
July 04, 2009 America needs public health care
For example, they prevailed in preventing Medicare from negotiating for lower drug prices. US Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), the Senate Finance Committee ...
July 04, 2009 Vet centers going mobile
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., this month also announced legislation to provide mental-health screenings to returning combat troops in an effort to identify and ...
July 04, 2009 60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats
At the same time, the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Montana Sen. Max Baucus is drafting a companion measure aimed at winning a bipartisan compromise. ...
Max Baucus in the Blogs
July 04, 2009 The Wayward Episcopalian: Sarah Palin: Running in 2012, or just ...
I spent the fall of 2006 volunteering with the Episcopal Office of Disaster Response in New Orleans, the original muse for this blog, and have also interned for US Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), the WA state Democratic Party, the Episcopal ...
Source: The Wayward Episcopalian
July 04, 2009 Betsy's Page
If Sen. Max Baucus's (D-Mont.) plan to tax health benefits goes through, there will be nothing to deter such a course of action. Within a few years, President Obama will have completely "shredded" the employer-based insurance system, ...
Source: Betsy's Page
July 04, 2009 News Headlines - 60 votes not so super for Obama, Senate Democrats ...
At the same time, the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Montana Sen. Max Baucus is drafting a companion measure aimed at winning a bipartisan compromise. The government-run option for coverage is unlikely to be included in that ...
Source: Politics & Government
Featured Members of Congress
On April 17, 2008 Max Baucus was featured on the homepage of OpenCongress:
Senate Finance chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) has initiated a comprehensive review of the tax code to look at "how the tax code is used to create social policy, how the tax code affects businesses here at home, and how it can ensure that American businesses can compete around the world." He is planning to outline principles for tax reform that will be introduced as legislation when the next session of Congress convenes.
Campaign Contributions
Top Contributor: Schering-Plough Corp ($72,200)
| Industry | Donation | % of total |
|---|---|---|
| Finance/Insur/RealEst | $2,373,110 | 24.7 % |
| Health | $1,795,949 | 18.7 % |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | $1,049,029 | 10.9 % |
| Misc Business | $1,031,694 | 10.7 % |
| Agribusiness | $610,543 | 6.4 % |
| Energy/Nat Resource | $593,376 | 6.2 % |
| Ideology/Single-Issue | $496,624 | 5.2 % |
| Communic/Electronics | $473,334 | 4.9 % |
| Transportation | $333,394 | 3.5 % |
| Other | $266,740 | 2.8 % |
| Construction | $259,887 | 2.7 % |
| Labor | $225,425 | 2.3 % |
| Defense | $90,350 | 0.9 % |
| Total: | $9,599,455 |










