Putting America Back on the Job
The Finance Committee is focused on job creation and Chairman Baucus will continue to craft legislation that gives businesses in Montana and across the country the help they need to grow and hire new workers. Baucus co-wrote the Small Business Jobs Act, recently signed into law by President Obama, aiding small businesses by expanding access to capital, helping them invest soundly, making targeted tax cuts and promoting entrepreneurship.
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Pushing China on Trade, Currency
Chairman Baucus recently traveled to China to meet with Vice President Xi Jinping and other top economic and trade officials to discuss the future of the U.S.-China economic relationship. Baucus pressed China to address its currency undervaluation, ineffective intellectual property rights protection and enforcement, policies favoring home-grown, or “indigenous” innovation that discriminate against American companies and unjustified restrictions on beef and other U.S. agricultural products.
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About the Finance Committee Leadership
The Senate Finance Committee is led by Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). Senators Baucus and Grassley have served together in committee leadership since 2001. The Finance leaders pride themselves on working together to create meaningful legislation that can garner broad support in the Senate. They have worked together on bills in all areas of the Committee’s jurisdiction from tax and health issues to trade and Social Security.
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The Affordable Care Act
On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which will control health care costs, provide access to quality, affordable health care for Americans, and reduce the deficit. As Chairman of the Finance Committee, Senator Baucus played an important role in drafting the historic legislation and in securing passage of the bill through the Senate.
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