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WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 13: Committee co-chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), co-chair Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ), and Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) listen during a hearing before the Joint Deficit Reduction Committee,...

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Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz. , center, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , right, and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, left, finish with an organizational meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, often called the "supercommittee," on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Made...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 29: Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) talks with reporters after the Senate voted to table the House of Representatives' Budget Control Act at the U.S. Capitol July 29, 2011 in Washington, DC. After much arm-twisting and bargaining, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH)...

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 27: Michael Duke (L), president and CEO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , greets committee chairman U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) (R) prior to a hearing July 27, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee heard testimony from various CEO's on 'CEO Perspectives on How the Tax...

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talks to "super committee" Democrat co-chair Senator Patty Murray (front), "super committee" member Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) (2nd R) and Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) at a bill signing ceremony promoting jobs for veterans at the White House in Washington November...

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (R) talks to "super committee" Democrat co-chair Senator Patty Murray (L) as "super committee" member Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) looks on during a bill signing ceremony in the White House to promote jobs for veterans in Washington November 21, 2011.

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U.S. President Barack Obama (R) talks to "super committee" Democrat co-chair Senator Patty Murray (L) and "super committee" member Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) at a bill signing ceremony in the White House to promote jobs for veterans in Washington November 21, 2011.

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , walks with reporters as he arrives to meet in the Capitol Hill office of Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. , and other Supercommittee members as time for action by the deficit reduction panel grows short, Monday,...

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Supercommittee Co-Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , left, talks with Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Monday, Nov. 21,2011, where President Barack Obama signsed legislation that...

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Supercommittee Co-Chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , right, talks with Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex, Monday, Nov. 21, 2011, where President Barack Obama signed legislation...

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , and other Democratic members of the supercommittee emerge from a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011.

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , is pursued by reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, as he and other Democratic members of the supercommittee arrived for a closed-door meeting.

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , arrives for a closed-door meeting of the committee, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With the Nov. 23 deadline less than a month away, the bi-partisan supercommittee is under...

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: Chaiman U.S. Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) points to a chart during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, May 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. The committee was hearing testimony from oil industry executives on oil and gas tax incentives and the recent spike in gasoline prices.

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) (2nd-L), has an aide hold up a photo to illustrate a dog and pony show, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing, as Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) (L), U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) (2nd-R), and U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) (R)...

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus speaks during a hearing on oil and gas tax incentives and rising energy prices, on Capitol Hill in Washington May 12, 2011. On left is Senator Jay Rockefeller.

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Chairman Max Baucus points to a graphic as Chevron CEO and Chairman John Watson, Shell Oil US President Marvin Odum, BP America Inc. President and Chairman H. Lamar McKay, ConocoPhilips CEO and Chairman James Mulva and Exxon Mobile CEO and Chairman Rex Tillerson testify before a full...

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. arrives at the Blair House in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, for a meeting on the legislative framework for deficit reduction.

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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , left, and and the committee's ranking Republican Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, right, open a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 12, 2011, with top executives from the big oil companies on high gasoline prices and...

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Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf, left, shakes hands with Supercommittee member, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, at the end of a public hearing of a the committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. ...

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , third from left, holds his hand out as he questions Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Douglas Elmendorf, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. From left are, Supercommittee...

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US Democratic Senator from Montana Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, walks to a bipartisan meeting of US lawmakers working on legislative framework for comprehensive deficit reduction hosted by US Vice President Joe Biden at Blair House, across the street from the White...

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. leaves a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

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Supercommittee member, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont. , arrives for a closed-door meeting of the supercommittee, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2011, file photo 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 in Washington. After weeks of...