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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, joins hands in celebration with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich. , as the bi-partisan House and Senate conferees gather to sign the compromise agreement on Capitol Hill in Washington,...

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, reaches out to Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, to celebrate as members of the bi-partisan House and Senate conferees on the payroll tax cut extension signed the compromise...

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, shakes hands with House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. David Camp, R-Mich. , on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, as the bi-partisan House and Senate conferees signed the compromise agreement...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), members of the House-Senate Conference Committee on how to extend the payroll tax cut, talk with each other during a meeting February 7, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Members of the...

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 14: U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (2R) greets Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) (R) as Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) arrive before Geithner was to testify in front of the Senate Finance Committee February 14, 2012 in...

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Members of the bi-partisan House and Senate conferees on the payroll tax cut extension sign the compromise agreement, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. From right are, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. ,Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore. , Rep. Nan Hayworth, R-NY, and Rep. Tom Price,...

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, and Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl of Ariz. , confer during a meeting of the Payroll Tax conferees, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012.

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks during a meeting of the Payroll Tax Conference Committee, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Super committee member Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) gestures to the media as he arrives at the meeting between Republican and Democratic members of the 'Super Committee', or Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, on November 21, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Members of the...

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US President Barack Obama chats with 'super committee' members 'Senators Max Baucus (2nd R), D-MT, and Senator Patty Murray ((2nd L), D-WA, during a signing ceremony for a bill which provides tax credits to companies to put veterans back to work November 21, 2011 in the South Court...

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 21: U.S. President Barack Obama (C) signs legislation into law that will provide business tax credits to help put veterans back to work during a ceremony with (3rd L to R) Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), first lady...

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Supercommittee Co-Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , center, and Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, talk with Vice President Joe Biden in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, Nov....

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Supercommittee members, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, Supercommittee Co-Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , are seen at a signing ceremony with President Barack Obama, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex...

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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) is surrounded by reporters after leaving a meeting with fellow members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, or 'Supercommittee,' in the U.S. Capitol November 18, 2011 in Washington, DC.

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U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) (C) talks to reporters after meeting with his fellow Democratic members of the 'super committee' at the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 16, 2011. With a deadline less than a week away, members of a 12-member "super committee" tasked with finding $1.2...

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Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. speaks about the expected Senate passage of the "VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011," Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , flanked by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mint. , left, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks about the expected Senate passage of the "VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011," Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. arrives for a closed-door session on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011.

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) talks with reporters after voting for President Barak Obama's America Jobs Act October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. The bill failed to pass the Senate. Senate Democrats may now break the legislation up into parts that will garner...

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Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , speaks during a Senate Finance Committee markup session of the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea free trade agreements on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Washington.

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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 11: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) prepares to begin a markup hearing October 11, 2011 in Washington, DC. About five people were arrested by U.S. Captiol Police during the markup hearing for demonstrating against the Colombia, Panama and...

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Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , arrives for a Senate Finance Committee markup session of the Colombia, Panama, and South Korea free trade agreements on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, in Washington. Acting in rare harmony, Congress is preparing to approve three free trade agreements...

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Supercommittee member Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, talks on his cell phone outside a closed-door meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (L-R), Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) listen to testimony as they meet for the first time for a Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 13, 2011. The panel has the job of finding at least $1.2...

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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Committee members Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) sets his name plate up as Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) (R) looks on during a hearing before the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee, also known as the supercommittee, September 13, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington,...