News on Max Baucus

Baucus unveils plan to cut arcane tax provision

2010-11-12T15:31:01Z

Baucus unveils new plan to cut tax provision in health law that has riled business groups

The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has unveiled a plan to repeal a tax reporting provision that passed with the health care overhaul and is widely opposed by business.

The so-called 1099 provision would require businesses starting in 2012 to file tax fo...

POSSIBLE Removal of the Public Option: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:12:53Z

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Democrats TRY TO Regroup After Latest Setback: Yahoo!

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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Senate Finance Committee Votes Down Public Option, States Challenge a Public Mandate and More

2010-11-03T00:12:59Z

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Quotables

2010-09-15T21:25:49Z

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Lawmakers plan focuses on primary care

2010-11-02T15:17:47Z

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Baucus: Girlfriend merited US attorney nomination

2010-06-12T17:50:47Z

Sen. Baucus says he was in relationship with staffer recommended for US attorney post

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus defended recommending his girlfriend for appointment as Montana's U.S. attorney, saying Saturday his one-time staff member and the former state prosecutor is "highly qualified" but ...

Senate panel's health reform bill OK'd with 0.5% Medicare pay hike

2010-11-02T12:40:54Z

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AP Interview: Baucus unsure how Snowe would vote

2010-04-16T09:51:27Z

AP Interview: Baucus didn't know for sure Snowe was 'yes' on health bill until she cast vote

Sen. Max Baucus says he didn't know for sure that Republican Senator Olympia Snowe would vote in favor of his health care overhaul bill until she actually did so.

The Montana Democrat said he had a strong sense that Snowe wanted to support the legislation but...

Obama health care push faces key vote

2010-06-25T20:18:28Z

President Barack Obama's top domestic priority faced a critical vote Tuesday, with the Senate Finance Committee set to cast judgment on his ambitious but troubled drive to remake US health care.

"Pretty much everything's been said. Now it's time to get the job done," Democratic Senator...

Senate health bill cost put at $829 billion

2010-04-16T09:56:26Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Finance Committee's health bill would cost $829 billion and cut the deficit by $81 billion over 10 years, budget analysts said on Wednesday in a boost to President Barack Obama's efforts to reform health care.

In a report that co...

Senate panel awaits report before health vote

2010-06-25T20:31:15Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic hopes for a quick Senate Finance Committee vote on a broad U.S. healthcare overhaul were dashed on Monday as budget experts took longer than expected with their estimate of the bill's cost.

The panel, chaired by Reuters) - Democratic hopes for a quick Senate Finance Committee vote on a broad U.S. healthcare overhaul were dashed on Monday as budget experts took longer than expected with their estimate of the bill's cost.

The panel, chaired by Even with health overhaul, insurance premiums could be a stretch for middle-class Americans

Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.

The legislation advancing in Congress would require all Americans to get ...

Medical premiums could still be a 'heavy lift'

2010-04-16T10:00:25Z

Many middle-class Americans would still struggle to pay for health insurance despite efforts by President Barack Obama and Democrats to make coverage more affordable.

The legislation advancing in Congress would require all Americans to get insurance — through an employer, a government program or by buying it themselves. But new tax credits to help with p...

U.S. healthcare debate: it's only the beginning

2010-06-25T20:27:05Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's push for a sweeping healthcare overhaul edged closer on Thursday to a major victory in the Senate Finance Committee, but the fight in Congress is only beginning.

Obama's Reuters) - A Senate panel on Tuesday rejected a government-run "public" insurance option as part of a broad healthcare overhaul, handing insurers an early victory and setting the stage for a long fight over one of the bill's most contentious issues.

The two votes in the Senate Finance Committee were the first o...

Baucus, Conrad Place the Almighty Dollar Over Morality

2010-10-22T07:39:06Z

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Senate negotiations generate new health reform bill, but not consensus

2010-11-02T12:42:56Z

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Toughest test coming up for health care overhaul

2010-04-16T10:20:28Z

Senate committee that's choke point on health care bill is next battle for divided Democrats

Keep going. You don't have to fix all of it now. Just please don't let it stall. That's the essence of the message that Senate Democratic leaders have for their Finance Committee senators, who plan to start voting Tuesday on a remake of the nation's health care system.

Democrats on the pivotal committee are disappointed with the bill from the chairman, More challenges await lawmaker as Obama pushes to get health overhaul done

Senate Democrats see plenty of room for improvement in a sweeping health care overhaul bill, starting with changes to a tax on high-cost insurance policies that could hit middle-class Americans hard.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., unveil...

Obama, Baucus push U.S. healthcare reform

2010-06-25T20:45:28Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pitched his U.S. healthcare reforms to college students on Thursday and Senate Democrats searched for common ground after some criticized elements of a highly anticipated new plan.

Facing a lack of support from Republicans, Senator Max Baucus [D-Mont.] unveiled on Sept. 16 is the most moderate and the least expensive of any proposal to emerge from Congress thus far -- the result of months of negotiations. But that didn't protect it against immediate attacks from all sides.

Reuters) - Senator Max Baucus unveiled a long-awaited healthcare overhaul on Wednesday that would dramatically revamp insurance rules but does not include a government-run option backed by liberal Democrats.

After months of negotiations, the Baucus bill -- which would cost an estimated $856 billion over 10 years -- attracted no Republican support and ali...

GOP head calls co-ops 'backdoor' to public option

2010-04-16T10:17:05Z

Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele says he fears the health insurance cooperatives envisioned in the bill the Senate Finance Committee is promoting amounts to a "back door to a public option."

Interviewed Thursday on CBS's "The Early Show," Steele also said he d...

Senate's 10-year health fix would cost $856B

2010-06-25T20:39:36Z

Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday brought out the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake — a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress without visible Republican backing.

The bill by Baucus, Democratic chairman of the Senate panel, would make major changes to the nation's $2.5 trillion health care system, including requiring most people to purchase ins...

'Bipartisan' US health bill wins no Republican support

2010-06-25T20:39:51Z

After three months of bipartisan talks, Democratic senator Max Baucus unveiled Tuesday a plan for an 856-billion-dollar overhaul of US health care but his proposals won no Republican support.

Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has been leading a panel of three

Senate panel releases healthcare plan without public option

2010-06-25T20:40:09Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus unveiled his plan for a 10-year, $856 billion healthcare overhaul on Wednesday that would revamp insurance rules but does not include a government-run option backed by liberal Democrats.

Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance...

Senate healthcare bill on track for public release

2010-06-25T20:46:29Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bipartisan negotiators on the U.S. Senate Finance Committee worked to pare down the costs of a broad healthcare overhaul on Monday, and chairman Max Baucus said he was still on track to produce a bill this week.

The latest Despite major concessions to industry, health care plan raises plenty of concerns

Hospitals and drug makers like what they see in the early version of a health care plan that may evolve into the one that ends up on President Barack Obama's desk.

But insurers and doctors say they aren't happy. Neither are advocates for low-income workers and some business groups representing employers.

Reuters) - The Democratic U.S. senator leading an effort to write a bipartisan healthcare reform bill said on Wednesday he was ready to move forward without Republican support, but still hoped for a deal.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said his plan would be similar to one he discuss...

Obama tries to build momentum for health overhaul

2010-06-25T20:48:09Z

Obama speech Wednesday to Congress offers details, tries to build momentum for health overhaul

President Barack Obama is set to detail in a prime-time address precisely how he wants to expand health care, and his spokesman said Obama's offer of flexibility will be coupled with a fresh argument for the much-debated public option.

"What we're going to hear tonight is, the president's going to speak clearl...

Fines proposed for going without health insurance

2010-06-25T20:47:27Z

Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama's effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul.

As Obama talked strategy with Democratic leaders at the

WRAPUP 2-Senator eyes insurer fee for US health reform plan

2010-10-22T07:45:13Z

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Baucus predicts health care overhaul this year

2010-04-16T10:33:53Z

Mont. Democrat Max Baucus predicts health care deal this year even if Republicans back out

U.S. Sen. Max Baucus of Montana says a health care overhaul will happen this year even if Republicans back out of bipartisan talks under growing public pressure and that the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy could help...

Congressional Healthcare Games

2010-10-22T07:23:22Z

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Congressional Health Care Games

2010-10-22T07:23:24Z

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WRAPUP 2-Obama vows to pass U.S. healthcare reform

2010-10-22T07:43:28Z

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Small-State U.S. Senators on the Take Eviscerate Health Care

2010-10-22T07:34:29Z

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Who’s In and Who’s Out in the Health-Care Debate

2010-10-24T09:57:14Z

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Reform bills give some lawmakers sticker shock

2010-11-02T12:42:46Z

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Key senator says $1 trillion health bill possible

2010-06-25T21:44:27Z

Key senator says $1 trillion, 10-year health bill possible

A senior lawmaker trying to break the logjam on health care overhaul says his committee has come up with elements of a plan that would allow them to produce a bill under $1 trillion that would be fully paid for.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., made the announcement Thursday. Of the five congressional committees working on

Obama not closing door on possible health care tax

2010-04-16T11:38:59Z

Obama not closing door on any health care tax as lawmakers struggle to lower cost of overhaul

With lawmakers trying to crunch the numbers on a $1 trillion health care overhaul, President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to a new tax on employer-provided health care benefits.

Senior senators said Wednesday the benefits tax could be essential for the complex plan to be fully financed.

"I don't ...

Health care leaders pledge $2 trillion in spending cuts

2010-11-02T12:42:28Z

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Hints on Public Health-Insurance Plan

2010-10-23T23:10:45Z

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Senate’s ‘Board of Directors’ Will Be Key Players in Health Reform

2010-10-23T21:44:34Z

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Consumer Watchdog: Health Insurers & Drug Companies Contributed $5.5 Million to Top 10 Senate and House Recipients Since 2005

2010-10-23T21:24:27Z

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Senate Power Brokers Moving on Health Reform

2010-10-23T19:14:07Z

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Why Sen. Baucus Didn't Wait for Obama On Health Reform

2010-10-23T19:13:34Z

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Senate Finance Chairman Baucus Unveils Blueprint for Comprehensive Health Care Reform

2010-10-23T16:02:51Z

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Why Sen. Baucus Didn’t Wait for Obama On Health Reform

2010-10-23T19:13:28Z

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2010-10-23T19:13:12Z

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Kennedy focuses from home on health care overhaul

2010-04-16T12:44:16Z

Kennedy is working behind the scenes to generate support for health care plan

An ailing Sen. Edward Kennedy is trying to lay the groundwork for a breakthrough on health care reform next year, though many believe the enormous undertaking has been made even more difficult by the troubled economy.

Kennedy, aides say, has held several video conferences with lawmakers and staff in recent months as ...

Immigration Students

2010-12-18T20:01:41Z

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., walk near the floor of the Senate on an unusual Saturday session on Capitol Hill in Washington Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. Five Democrats, among whom Baucus, joined 36 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., talks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Congress Tax Cuts

2010-12-13T18:01:15Z

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., left, talks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, before going to vote on a procedural motion on the tax cut legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congress Democrats

2010-12-07T14:32:36Z

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., speaks to reporters outside of the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Congress Taxes

2010-12-01T17:32:29Z

Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., enters the Speaker's office for a meeting about tax cuts on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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