Max Baucus

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  Deficit Reduction Committee Gets to Work

  By Robert Bloink, Esq., LL.M., William H. Byrnes, Esq.  |  August 29, 2011

  Congress’ solution to the debt limit crisis and rising deficits is fully operational, but many are left wondering whether the bipartisan Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is capable of fulfilling its mandate.

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  Congress’ Deficit Panel Talks Echo Fraught 1990 Budget Deal: News Analysis

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  August 17, 2011

  Democrats on the Super Committee charged with proposing $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction are citing as precedent a 1990 budget deal that raised taxes but may have doomed President George H.W. Bush's re-election prospects.

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  Top 10 Industry Donors to Congressional Deficit Panel Members

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 15, 2011

  Political contributions tracker MapLight analyzes campaign contributions to the 12 members of the 'Super Committee' that Congress appointed to reduce the nation's debt.

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  Nine Are Named to Crucial Deficit Panel

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  August 10, 2011

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was the first of the four congressional leaders to make his three selections for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, with Speaker John Boehner and Sen. Mitch McConnell following Wednesday, and Rep. Nancy Pelosi yet to make her picks.

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  Tax Code Complexity, Inequity Harm Businesses: Senate Testimony

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  June 28, 2011

  The tax code's complexity and unfairness harm businesses, citizens and officials testified at a Senate hearing chaired by Max Baucus.

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  Debt Ceiling Update: Senate Hearing, Ag Subsidy Cuts Loom in Political Fight

  By Gil Weinreich, AdvisorOne  |  June 3, 2011

  Debt-ceiling talks: posturing exceeds progress, but presidential race may provide impetus to deficit reduction ideas.

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  House Republicans Meet With Obama Over Debt Limit

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  June 1, 2011

  House Republicans met with President Obama Wednesday morning to discuss how raising the debt ceiling would impact everything from the nation’s economy, to job creation, to health care.

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  Social Security Trusts to Run Out in 2036, According to Report

  By Danielle Andrus, AdvisorOne  |  May 13, 2011

  The Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report outlining Social Security's health, and Labor Secretary Solis and others were quick to offer their takes on the results.

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  Sen. Max Baucus: Keep Social Security Out of Deficit Reduction Plan

  By Melanie Waddell, AdvisorOne  |  May 10, 2011

  At a Senate hearing, Baucus says that by law, ‘Social Security must remain separated from the rest of the Federal budget.’

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  Tax Reform Panel Tells Senate to Consider Value-Added Tax

  By Kathleen McBride, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2011

  Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., opened the second in a series of Tax Reform hearings on Tuesday with a quote from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower: “Neither a wise man or a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to allow a train to run over...