Max Baucus, Senator from Montana

(Washington D.C.) Montana's senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus met with Senator Edward Kennedy and Senator Chuck Grassley to discuss health care reform. At a Senate Finance Committee hearing Baucus told committee members, "Health care reform is central to restoring America’s economy. Comprehensive health reform legislation must be part of any successful economic recovery plan.”

(Washington, D.C.) – At a press conference on Capitol Hill today newly re-elected Montana U.S. Senator Max Baucus unveiled an 89-pa...more»

BAUCUS FLOOR STATEMENT BEFORE RESCUE PLAN VOTE - Oct 1, 2008

(Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee Max Baucus delivered...more»

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Rural veterans' health care focus of Senate field hearing By RICHARD PETERSON -

Veterans living in rural areas have less access to health care than their city counterparts and as a result have shorter lives than vets living closer to clinics in larger cities, three U.S. Senators were told Saturday.

"Here in Montana, you don't have 'rural' health care. You have 'frontier' health care," said Dave McLean, commander of the American Legion of Montana, at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee field hearing in Great Falls.

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Baucus keeps national spotlight on Montana by Great Falls Tribune Staff - Montana burst into the national political spotlight in the 2004 election when Brian Schweitzer ended a 16-year run of Republicans in the governor's office. Jon Tester kept us there last year with his victory over veteran Republican U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns. Why, in a sea of red states, was Montana turning a shade of purple? Now journalists at CNN, the New York Times and other media titans are routinely dialing the 406 area code. Click here for full story