Senator Max Baucus

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Senator Max Baucus brought Billings oncologist Dr. Pat Cobb to testify at a Senate hearing today regarding the national drug shortage crisis.

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Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus released the following statement today on the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Baucus is the son of a World War II veteran.

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Senator Max Baucus urged the commodity futures trading commission, today,  to do everything it can to make sure Montana farmers are made whole in the wake of the MF Global bankruptcy scandal.  Baucus also called on the commission to launch a full review of other future commission merchants to ensure customer accounts are protected

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Senator Max Baucus has pledged to continue fighting to extend the payroll tax cut for Montana workers after an initial vote to extend the cut failed in the Senate on Thursday. Experts Say the Tax Cut Put $300 Million Back in the Hands of 600,000 Montana workers in 2011 and failure to extend Will Cut the GDP by 1.5 Percent

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Today (11-21-11), the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Representative Jeb Hensarling and Senator Patty Murray announced that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee’s deadline.

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In a 70 – 30 vote, the Senate passed the Agriculture, Commerce/Justice/Science and Transportation Appropriations bill which eliminates the ban on horse slaughter.

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Senator Max Baucus announced his latest “Montana Jobs Economic Engine” yesterday, highlighting the state’s 29 small breweries for providing more than 250 jobs and supporting the state’s grain industry

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The tax credit for businesses to hire veterans cleared final passage in the House of Representatives.

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House and Senate Appropriations Committees eliminated the ban on domestic horse slaughter. The Agriculture Appropriations conference report was released Monday evening. The conference report is now headed to the full House and Senate floors for consideration this week.

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The Highway Bill- Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) aims to reauthorize the nation's transportation programs for two years.

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