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Federal health care changes under discussion in Congress have spurred hope, doubt and misunderstanding. Free Press reporters are working to answer your questions. Send them to healthcarefreepress.com. Full Article at Detroit Free Press
“I’m equally convinced that on the day we gather here at the White House and I sign comprehensive health insurance reform legislation into law, they’ll be able to join their House colleagues and say that this was their finest moment in public... Full Article at The Hill
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation. View Photo »
I am going work to get climate legislation that can get 60 votes through the U.S. Senate and signed into law
Source: ReutersUS Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) shakes hands with US Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) after the Committee passed the Democratic healthcare reform bill with a 14-9 vote After a landmark win in the US House of Representatives, President Barack... Full Article at TVNZ
The good news for the Little Shell Band of Chippewa Indians is that its effort to attain long-awaited federal recognition through Congress is a move not without precedent. The bad news is it's hardly a given. Full Article at Great Falls Tribune
Here's an overview of things contained in Obamacare. Page 94 prohibits buying private plans. Page 111 provides for taxpayer-funded abortions. Page 520 cuts Medicare dramatically. Full Article at The Monroe News Star
WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) waits for the beginning of a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. View Photo »
Senate Democrats are hopeful that despite their acrimonious past, Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) can find middle ground on climate change legislation before electoral politics kills the issue for good next year ... Boxer and Baucu...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right last week when she called her latest health-care-reform proposal a "his toric moment": After decades of life-saving and cost-cutting scientific innovations from drug and medical-device companies, the government is... Full Article at New York Post
Last week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reported out a bill to address climate change by a 10-1 vote. Full Article at Sunlight Foundation
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WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) speaks during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee continued to vote on amendments to healthcare reform legislation.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) waits for the beginning of a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 16: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with reporters about the health care compromise proposal by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) after an event to encourage politicians to not forget young people during the debate on health care reform with at the U.S. Capti...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 16: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks with reporters about the health care compromise proposal by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) after an event to encourage politicians to not forget young people during the debate on health care reform with at the U.S. Capti...
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) (C) arrives at the office of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) for a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill September 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) arrives at the office of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) for a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill September 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) arrives at the office of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) for a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill September 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) arrives at the office of Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) for a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill September 14, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 09: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT.) arrives for a statement where he announced plans to proceed with a comprehensive health care reform bill regardless of Republican support September 9, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: (L-R) Barry Rand of AARP, U.S. President Barack Obama, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) and Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) leave the Diplomatic Reception Room after speaking about health care costs at the White House June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) walks away after speaking about health care costs, followed by Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks about health care costs as Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) look on in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) talks about health care costs as Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) look on in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 22: Barry Rand (2L) of AARP intoroduces U.S. President Barack Obama (L) as Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) (R) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) look on in the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House June 22, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 17: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) (L) answers a reporters question as EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson listens on June 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. The EPA announced the agency has determined that a public health emergency exists at the Libby asbestos site in northwest Montana.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 17: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson (R) answers a reporters question as Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) listens on June 17, 2009 in Washington, DC. The EPA announced the agency has determined that a public health emergency exists at the Libby asbestos site in northwest Montana.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - JUNE 17: Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (C) speaks as Senator Max Baucu (D-MT) (L) and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson listen on June 17, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Bauccus (D-MT) questions witnesses during a hearing on TARP oversight on Captiol Hill March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Bauccus (D-MT) questions witnesses during a hearing on TARP oversight on Captiol Hill March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Bauccus (D-MT) questions witnesses during a hearing on TARP oversight on Captiol Hill March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - MARCH 31: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Bauccus (D-MT) questions witnesses during a hearing on TARP oversight on Captiol Hill March 31, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, listen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 17, 2009, during the committee's hearing on tax issues related to Ponzi schemes.
View Photo »In this Jan. 21, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , top, listens to then Treasury Secretary- designate Timothy Geithner, foreground, on Capitol Hill in Washington during Geithner's nomination hearing before the committee.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - MARCH 5: U.S. President Barack Obama (L) delivers remarks during the opening session of the White House's forum on health care reform as Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) (C) and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) watch in the East Room of the White House March 5, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2009, at the start of the White House Forum on Health Reform.
View Photo »WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 01: Ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) waits for the beginning of a mark up hearing before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Capitol Hill October 1, 2009 in Washington, DC.
View Photo »I am going work to get climate legislation that can get 60 votes through the U.S. Senate and signed into law
Senate Democrats are hopeful that despite their acrimonious past, Environment and Public Works Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) can find middle ground on climate change legislation before electoral politics kills the issue for good next year ... Boxer and Baucu...
Warren Buffett is known for investing in the future of America, and you can be sure I'll be keeping a close eye to make sure Montana producers get a fair shake on shipping rates
I am told that Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) – who worked for months to get Olympia Snowe’s support for the bill and has consistently said a public option cannot pass the Senate – was apoplectic when Reid told him he wanted to include the public option.
We cannot afford a first step that takes us further away from a conceivable consensus on climate change
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said today that the Senate is unlikely to approve major health care legislation this year that includes a pure form of the controversial government-operated insurance program, following White House signals over the weekend that President Obama did n...
We cannot afford a first step that takes us further away from an achievable consensus on commonsense climate change legislation
At a luncheon behind closed doors, Democrats said, liberals made impassioned pleas for a new government insurance plan, and they challenged the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Max Baucus, Democrat of Montana, to defend his bill, which has no such public option.
We cannot avoid a first step that takes us further away from an achievable consensus from common-sense climate change legislation
That assertion by Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., was a notable show of confidence coming in the midst of negotiations with Majority Leader Harry Reid and White House officials to finalize legislation that can satisfy liberal Democrats without alienating moderates - and get the 60 votes needed to advance in t...
Montana, with our resource-based, agriculture and tourism economies cannot afford the unmitigated impacts of climate change ... But we also cannot afford the unmitigated effects of climate change legislation.
What changed my mind was... we tried hard ... I put up my version of the public option in the committee for a vote. It got eight votes; that's called 'not enough.' And I know the president is for it, I know Chris Dodd is for it -- Max Baucus didn't speak against it; he just talked about the need to get ...
Montana, with our resource-based, agriculture and tourism economies cannot afford the unmitigated impacts of climate change ... But we also cannot afford the unmitigated effects of climate change legislation.
Senate Democrats may widen insurance coverage in sweeping health legislation, Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said Thursday, but they face a struggle to come up with ways to pay for the extra spending
Montana can't afford the unmitigated impacts of climate change
At a meeting last April with corporate lobbyists, aides to President Barack Obama and Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) helped set in motion a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign, primarily financed by industry groups, that has played a key role in bolstering public support for health care reform
The legislation before us today is about our economy ... Montana, with our resource-based agriculture and tourism economies, cannot afford the unmitigated impacts of climate change. But we also cannot afford the unmitigated effects of climate change legislation.
The good news in yesterday's Senate Finance Committee vote for health care reform was that Republican Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine joined the effort and rewarded the push for bipartisan backing by President Obama and committee chairman Max Baucus. The bad news was the bill itself -- a small step forwa...
We’re united. We’re all together ... There may be some minor differences, but those all pale in comparison to how strongly we are working together, Sen. Dodd, myself, Sen. Reid and the White House, listening to all senators to get a good, solid bill that gets 60 votes.
The only people who will be at the negotiating table are Harry Reid, [Senate Finance Committee Chair] Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Sen. Chris Dodd and the White House.
Ours is a balanced plan that can pass the Senate ... Our bill should win the support of Republicans and Democrats alike.
Even as Democrats and Obama celebrate a victory in the Senate Finance Committee, where Chairman Max Baucus' health care bill passed by a 14-9 vote Tuesday, they face what could be a tougher battle ahead
Prescription drug abuse is a widespread problem that is devastating Montana families and hurting Montana’s communities ... This resolution will help to focus attention on a critically important issue, and I will continue to fight for federal resources to keep our kids and our communities safe.
With few, if any, Republicans expected to support the bill sponsored by Chairman Max Baucus (Mont.), Democrats have already begun their own internal negotiations aimed at reconciling the various measures passed by House and Senate committees.
Today the Congressional Budget Office confirmed that the legislation in the Finance Committee to reform our healthcare system will be fully paid for and reduces the federal deficit ... That’s very good news ... I’m very pleased that this will help advance the bill very quickly.
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