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Max Baucus, Democrat

Current office: U.S. Senate

Birth place: Helena, MT (12/11/1941)
Home city: Missoula, MT

Education: LLB, Stanford University Law School, 1967 BA, Economics, Stanford University, 1964.

Profession: Attorney, George and Baucus Law Firm, 1971 Attorney, Civil Aeronautics Board, 1967-1971.

Political: Senator, United States Senate, 1978-present Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1974-1978 Representative, Montana State House of Representatives, 1973-1974. Executive Director, Committee Coordinator, Montana's Constitutional Convention, 1972.

Membership: Executive Director/Committee Coordinator, Montana Constitutional Convention, 1972 Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus Majority Trust Co-Chair, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee Co-Chair, Senate Beef Caucus Senate Information Technology Caucus Senate Rural Health Caucus Senate Sweetener Caucus Senate Tourism Caucus Vice-Chair, United States Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care.

First elected: 11/07/1978
Last elected: 11/04/2008
Next election: 2014

Family: Wife: Wanda Minge; 1 Child: Zeno.


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Salazar to highlight water challenges in West

Casper Star Tribune 8.11.09 8:42 AM | BILLINGS, Mont. -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday that the West's limited water supplies face growing pressure from agricultural uses, changing demographics and climate change --...
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Grassley's health talks draw fire within party

Des Moines Register 8.9.09 11:28 PM | Sen. Charles Grassley, the Iowan in the middle of Congress’ continuing debate over health care reform, expects an earful at public meetings he has planned in Iowa this week.
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Insurance consolidation leads to cries for public plan

Great Falls Tribune 8.9.09 10:00 PM | WASHINGTON -- Increasing government's role in health care would interfere with natural market competition and reduce consumer choices, critics of the idea say. But by one measure, there's little...
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Death adds to debate on doc-owned hospitals

Denver Post 8.9.09 2:26 PM | It is barely 10 months old, but already Colorado Orthopaedic and Surgical Hospital has made a name for itself, all the way to Washington, D.C.
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Durbin: Health bill 'doesn't have to be perfect'

The Hill 8.9.09 7:30 AM | Two highly influential senators suggested on Sunday that key provisions in their chamber’s health insurance reform legislation may be in jeopardy after...
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Will Democrats risk health care plan to get public option?

Twin Cities Pioneer Press 8.8.09 8:40 PM | WASHINGTON -- As Congress breaks for its August recess, the debate back home will center on Democratic proposals to create a government-run health insurance option, which insurers and Republicans...
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Foreign policy, healthcare to headline Sunday shows

The Hill 8.8.09 5:55 AM | A senior member of President Obama’s foreign policy team will appear on three of this weekend's Sunday news shows.
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Drug industry helping Obama overhaul health care

Kansas City Star 8.8.09 2:17 AM | The nation's drugmakers stand ready to spend $150 million to help President Barack Obama overhaul health care this fall, according to numerous officials, a staggering sum that could dwarf attempts...
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Obama hits at healthcare critics in address

The Hill 8.8.09 1:15 AM | President Barack Obama used his weekly radio address to refute the claims of his most strident critics who assert that healthcare...
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White House confirms Obama's Montana trip

Great Falls Tribune 8.7.09 4:05 PM | White House officials would not say Friday what Obama planned to do in Bozeman. They say the first family also plans to travel to Yellowstone National Park. Obama has been pushing his policy...
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