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Notable Industries Who Funded His Campaign And Influence His Policy:
Goldman Sachs
Total: $52,900
American International Group
Total: $56,750
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Total: $59,100
Citigroup Inc
Total: $37,000
Morgan Stanley
Total:$34,500
KKR & Co
Total: $50,500
Individual: $47,000
PAC's: $3,500
DaVita Inc
Total: $48,350
Amgen Inc
Total: $45,750
Aetna Inc
Total: $45,250
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Total: $41,850
Kindred Healthcare
Total: $28,400
New York Life Insurance
Total: $52,900
Pfizer Inc
Total: $47,100
Merck & Co
Total:$50,500
Schering-Plough Corp
Total: $92,200
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I've been "serving" the great state of Montana in the U.S. Senate since 1978. You'll notice I put "serving" in quotes, because, let's face it, I suck. My wife has been pleading with me not to say this publicly, insisting that it's not true, that I'm a capable and dedicated public servant, blah, blah, blah. Bless her dear heart, but she's just being nice. Because, folks, I am telling you, I am hands-down the shittiest senator in the history of the Senate. The worst.I've been "serving" the great state of Montana in the U.S. Senate since... more
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released a much anticipated proposal to overhaul health care. The plan carries a price tag of $856 billion over 10 years, a number lower than anticipated. The proposal calls for sweeping reform for the insurance industry, as well as a mandate for all citizens and legal residents to carry health insurance.Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus released a much anticipated proposal to... more
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The “public option,” was omitted in the proposal, which is sure to anger liberals. It does require that all Americans must have health insurance or face fines.The “public option,” was omitted in the proposal, which is sure to anger... more
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Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday brought out the much-awaited Finance Committee version of an American health-system remake - a landmark $856 billion, 10-year measure that starts a rough ride through Congress without visible Republican backing.Sen. Max Baucus on Wednesday brought out the much-awaited Finance Committee version of... more
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Politicians are busy with the seven deadly sins these days. California assemblyman Michael Duvall is going heavy on lust with a lobbyist. But it could be worse, Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus are working on greed while on the healthcare lobby's dole.Politicians are busy with the seven deadly sins these days. California assemblyman... more
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Montanans are not terribly keen on the job that home state Senator Max Baucus is doing on health care reform, according to a new Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll.
Only 42 percent of Montana residents -- and 34 percent of Democrats -- said they favored the work Baucus had done in shepherding health care legislation through the Senate Finance Committee. Forty-four percent of respondents said they disapproved, according to the poll of more than 600 people in the state.
The results may be partially attributable to Baucus's apparent decision to craft legislation without a public option. Within Montana, 47 percent of the public supports creating a "public health insurance option," while 43 percent oppose it. Looking closer at the numbers, slightly less than one-quarter of Republicans (23 percent) support a public plan. Forty-eight percent of independents and 78 percent of Democrats support the provision.
Baucus' role in overseeing health care reform on the critical Senate Finance Committee has caused a great deal of consternation among progressives. The Montana Democrat has been targeted by ads calling into question the millions of dollars in campaign donations he has received from private insurance and health industry interests. His failure to meet a self-imposed August recess deadline for producing legislation -- and his willingness to negotiate away the public plan -- has only infuriated those Democrats more.
That said, a majority of Montanans continue to view Baucus positively, with 50 percent of the Daily Kos/Research 2000 respondents saying they had a favorable view of the Senator compared to the 42 percent who had an unfavorable view. And while the state's residents are supportive of a public plan, most said that Baucus' stance on the provision won't affect their support of him.
Asked how their votes would be affected if Baucus were to oppose "a public health insurance option," 17 percent of respondents said they would be more likely to vote for the Senator, 22 percent said they would be less likely to vote for him. Sixty-one percent said it would have no effect.
Asked how their votes would be affected if Baucus "joined Republican Senators in filibustering and killing a final health care bill because it had a public health insurance option," 27 percent said they would be less likely to vote for him, 15 percent said they would be more likely to vote for him. Fifty-eight percent said it would have no effect.Montanans are not terribly keen on the job that home state Senator Max Baucus is doing... more
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To hear the White House tell it, you can glimpse one future model for healthcare delivery at the Cleveland Clinic, which President Obama visited last week as part of his push for healthcare reform legislation. Doctors in the Ohio healthcare company work in teams, with treatment of various ailments carefully coordinated no matter how many specialists get involved. At the Cleveland Clinic, the whole point is to look at the overall health of the patient, not just one facet.
And as August approaches, the White House must be wishing there was a similar coordinated care model to apply in dealing with Congress. Legislation to reform a healthcare system that simply isn't sustainable long-term is mired in negotiations on both sides of Capitol Hill -- and without careful attention paid to the overall health of the bill, the tradeoffs needed to keep the process moving might drag it off course. Looking particularly vulnerable right now is any version of the public option, which for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party is the beating heart of healthcare reform.
In the House, a handful of conservative Blue Dog Democrats have teamed up with Republicans to keep the Energy and Commerce Committee from voting on the legislation; negotiations to get them back on board are focused on how a proposed government-run public health insurance plan would set the rates it pays doctors. In the Senate, a bipartisan klatsch of centrist Finance Committee members led by Democratic chairman Max Baucus of Montana and meeting in secret talks seems ready to dump the public option altogether, replacing it with some sort of co-op scheme, the details of which are still being hashed out. If the compromises wind up devouring the legislation's initial principles, healthcare reform could turn out to be a drug whose side effects are as bad as the disease.
The Blue Dogs who are holding up the House bill have been friendly with the insurance industry for years -- a report out last week found the healthcare sector has already given nearly $300,000 to the Blue Dog PAC this year. Baucus, meanwhile, has received nearly $3 million from healthcare businesses over his career, though he stopped taking contributions from the industry on June 1.To hear the White House tell it, you can glimpse one future model for healthcare... more
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ordered Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to drop a proposal to tax health benefits and stop chasing Republican votes on a massive health care reform bill.
Reid, whose leadership is considered crucial if President Barack Obama is to deliver on his promise of enacting health care reform this year, offered the directive to Baucus through an intermediary after consulting with Senate Democratic leaders during Tuesday morning’s regularly scheduled leadership meeting. Baucus was meeting with Finance ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Tuesday afternoon to relay the information.
According to Democratic sources, Reid told Baucus that taxing health benefits and failing to include a strong government-run insurance option of some sort in his bill would cost 10 to 15 Democratic votes; Reid told Baucus it wasn’t worth securing the support of Grassley and at best a few additional Republicans.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday ordered Finance Chairman Max... more
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When a Senate Finance Committee Hearing on health care coverage was held in Washington last week not one single payer advocate was invited to testify. But that did not stop them from attending the hearing and voicing their anger that the single payer model has been shut out of the debate. Eight single payer activists, including a number of doctors, were arrested after speaking out before the committee hearing got underway.
Evidently agitated at first, the committee chair, Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont) said that single payer health care is, "a view which many have and which I respect. The point of this and other hearings is to determine the best option." Perhaps next time they'll have seat at the table.
The video is courtesy of Physicians for a National Health Program.When a Senate Finance Committee Hearing on health care coverage was held in Washington... more
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In our second installment of Stonecipher on The Senate, our own Madame Fleur takes a look at the odd race for Montana's seat.
Montana ’s longtime Democratic Senator Max Baucus is facing re-election against “Republican” candidate Bob Kelleher. Political experts give perennial candidate Kelleher little chance against Baucus, but the bushy-browed hopeful remains optimistic, telling reporters this week that he believes he can win this time around.
The reason for the quotes around the GOP candidate's "Republican" label? Kelleher has run for office 16 times in the last 44 years - primarily as a Democrat and Green Party candidate.
The 85 year-old advocates a “nonviolent revolution,” aimed at replacing our current system of government with a parliamentary system. He believes the Presidency has become a monarchy, and that the separation of powers is to blame for the problems we see in America today.
Despite running as a Republican, he has not been claimed by the party in part because he favors large, FDR-style government that would nationalize our oil and gas and health care industries.
Kelleher has only one part-time staffer and has told the Associated Press that he is not actively soliciting campaign donations. So far he has spent about $20,000 of his own money going to parades and county fairs, and in sponsoring billboard and campaign literature...
Read the rest here: http://stonecipher.typepad.com/the_stonecipher_report/2008/10/stonecipher-on-the-senate-montana---baucus-vs-kelleher.html
In our second installment of Stonecipher on The Senate, our own Madame Fleur takes a... more
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HELENA - The National Rifle Association this morning endorsed Democratic U.S. Sen. Max Baucus at a gun and sporting goods store here.
The endorsement marks only the second time the gun group has endorsed a Democrat in the ongoing U.S. Senate campaigns. The group has previously endorsed Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer in his bid for re-election.
Chris Cox, a spokesman for the group, told reporters at Capitol Sports and Western, a Helena store, that Baucus has been a strong supporter of the Second Amendment and earned the group's "A plus" rating, as well as a formal endorsement.
In particular, Cox said, Baucus was the only Democrat to vote against a measure that could have ended all gun shows by making buyers at the two-day shows submit to three-day background checks.
The endorsement comes 12 years after Baucus attracted ire from the NRA and local gun groups for voting for several key anti-gun bills, including a ban on semiautomatic firearms.
"It's fundamental," Baucus said of the Second Amendment. "It's who we are as a people." HELENA - The National Rifle Association this morning endorsed Democratic U.S. Sen. Max... more
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Guess which Republican US Senate candidate said….
“…No more passing the buck…the party in power is responsible.” As it stands, “we’re headed for a dictatorship.”
On his shocking primary victory a few months ago, the candidate explained “I wanted to have fun…nobody is responsible, really.”
When asked about his long-term plans for the country, he stated “I would keep the president as a figurehead.”
After hearing news of his unlikely victory he proclaimed, “Honest to goodness, I see the hand of the Almighty in this.”
More clues about the mystery man…
Check them out here: http://stonecipher.typepad.com/the_stonecipher_report/2008/07/guess-which-us.htmlGuess which Republican US Senate candidate said….
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...Another dramatic leap from the traditional Republican stance – and frankly a dramatic leap from anything endorsed by any other American politician I am aware of – is his advocacy of a “nonviolent revolution” to overthrow the foundation of American government, replacing our legislative and executive branches of government with a parliamentary system.
Kelleher believes that true government accountability can only be achieved when politicians stop “passing the buck,” stating that we would be better served with a parliamentary system like that of the United Kingdom, with one party in power, headed by a Prime Minister (not to be confused with the other popular parliamentary system in Europe, that of proportional representation).
As we have all observed, with separate legislative and executive branches the President and Congress continually fight each other to pass legislation, forcing compromises and causing each to blame the other for what was or wasn’t accomplished during their respective tenures...
Read the rest at the link above or just go to http://stonecipher.typepad.com
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