... a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, and what do they do? Hem and haw, water down and strip out. Watching Max Baucus craft legislation in the Senate Finance Committee is like watching the ancients build idols to campaign contribution ...

... patients fill out as many forms. Most Americans got an enthusiastic â youâ re on your ownâ Wednesday as Democratic Sen. Max Baucus unveiled his, ahem, â planâ for health care reform. We were pretty sure that congressional Republicans had the lock ...

President Barack Obama, Sen. Max Baucus of Montana and the prescription drug industry have gotten together to design a "promise, as The Associated Press called it ...

... keep costs from crashing through a $1 trillion, 10-year ceiling. The announcement from Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and other lawmakers amounted to a small, parting gift to Obama on his top domestic priority as Congress ...

... work," said Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, one of the lawmakers involved in talks led by Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont. "I don't think we should be bound by a timetable that isn't realistic," said Snowe, adding that ...

... a totally government-run option would do," she said. Following a closed-door meeting Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the Senate Finance Committee chairman, announced he would postpone releasing the panel's plan for financing ...

... still has to unveil its approach. The plan is to combine the two bills for a floor vote. Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus, a Democrat, met Wednesday with committee Democrats to try to settle how to pay for the bill and other issues. "We ...

... display of progress in the Senate before Congress begins a weeklong vacation on Friday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., labored in a series of meetings to produce at least an outline of legislation that could command bipartisan ...

... to entrance fees and does not affect charges for camping, reservations, tours or concessions, Salazar said. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., applauded the free weekends. Baucus has co-sponsored a bill that would cap park entrance fees at current ...

... legislation was entering a new phase in the Senate, where attention has largely been focused for months on efforts by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., to forge a bipartisan agreement within the Finance Committee he chairs. On Tuesday, the Senate Democratic ...