HIGHLIGHTS OF H.R. 6331, THE HOUSE-PASSED MEDICARE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PATIENTS AND PROVIDERS ACT OF 2008
July 2008
7-23-08 Baucus Looks To Boost Economic Development In Native American Communities
7-23-08 Finance Panel Approves Burma Sanctions Plan
7-22-08 Senators Vow To Keep Fighting For Children’s Health Care
7-22-08 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding Indian Tax Issues
7-18-08 Baucus Cheers WTO Decision On Auto Parts
7-18-08 Baucus Urges Schwab To Demand Balanced Outcome In Agriculture Ahead Of Doha Round Geneva Meeting
7-17-08 Senators Introduce Resolution To Nullify August 17 Chip Directive Under Congressional Review Act
7-17-08 Baucus Looks To Health Innovations To Improve Quality, Lower Costs
7-17-08 Finance Announces Caymans Report Hearing
7-16-08 Baucus, Grassley Urge IRS To Do More After New GAO ReportFinds Weaknesses In Unpaid Tax Collection
Baucus, Grassley Letter Requesting GAO Follow-up Study On The IRS Collection Program
7-15-08 Congress Enacts Baucus Medicare Bill Into Law As Senate Overrides Presidential Veto Tonight
7-15-08 Baucus Remarks on Senate Vote to Override Medicare Bill Veto
7-15-08 Lawmakers, Seniors, Soldiers Rally For Final Approval Of Medicare Bill
7-14-08 Baucus, Colleagues Back Personnel Reforms at Pension Agency
7-11-08 Baucus-Grassley Tax Measures for Homeowners, Homebuyers Win Passage as Senate Acts on Housing Bill
7-10-08 Baucus Drives Urgency In Highway Repair, Pursues Options In Hearing On U.S. Infrastructure
7-10-08 Hearing Statement of Senator Baucus Regarding Transportation Infrastructure
7-9-08 Senate Passes Medicare Bill for Seniors, Military Families By Veto-Proof Majority
7-9-08 Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Regarding Reconsideration of the Medicare Bill
7-8-08 Senate Confirms Montana’s Ed Eck To IRS Oversight Board
7-8-08 Baucus Remarks on Medicare Physician Payment Cuts, Military Families’ Care Through TRICARE
7-7-08 Baucus Calls For Money-saving IRS Printing and Postage Reforms
7-2-08 Senators Comment on Currency Legislation
7-2-08 Baucus Fights To Protect Seniors’ Access To Therapy Services Under Medicare
7-2-08 New GAO Report Supports Baucus Proposals To Close Tax Gap
June 2008
6-27-08 Baucus Statement on Medicare Vote
6-26-08 Baucus Examines How International Tax Code Changes Could Help America Compete Around The World
6-26-08 Baucus Statement Regarding International Tax Reform
6-26-08 Baucus Comments at News Conference Urging Passage of H.R. 6331 in Senate
6-25-08 Baucus Urges Senate Passage of H.R. 6331
6-24-08 Baucus Questions Trade Agencies On Progress Toward Safer Borders, Swifter Commerce
6-24-08 Baucus Welcomes Treasury Testimony on Potential Regulation of Bank Freezing of Benefit Payments
6-24-08 Baucus Statement Regarding Oversight of Trade Functions in Customs and Other Agencies
6-23-08 Commonly Asked Questions on the Senate Housing Bill Payment Card Provision
6-23-08 Baucus Blasts Senate Block of Funds for Urgent Infrastructure Repairs
6-21-08 Baucus Comments on U.S.-Korea Beef Changes
6-19-08 Senators Urge More Transparency in CHIP, Medicaid Waiver Process
6-19-08 Baucus Statement Regarding Housing Tax Provisions
6-18-08 Baucus Comments On U.S.-China Talks, Seeks Engagement On Further Issues At Thursday Meeting
6-18-08 Finance Panel Approves Strong Iran Sanctions Plan
6-18-08 Baucus Statement at Iran Sanctions Markup
6-18-08 Baucus-Grassley Tax Measures In Housing Bill Provide Incentives To Homeowners, Homebuyers
6-18-08 Finance Committee Approves Six Nominations
6-18-08 Finance Panel Approves Montana’s Ed Eck To IRS Oversight Board
6-17-08 AIPAC supports Chairman’s Mark of Iran Sanctions Legislation
6-17-08 Baucus, Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Delay Medical Equipment Bidding Program
6-17-08 Baucus Condemns Senate’s Second Refusal to Consider Tax Relief
6-17-08 Baucus, Grassley Military Tax Relief Package Becomes Law
6-17-08 Baucus Statement on Energy and Tax Extenders
6-17-08 Baucus Condemns Block to Unemployment Help
6-17-08 Baucus Statement on Federal Budget Deficits
6-16-08 Finance Panel to Consider Baucus Iran Sanctions Plan
6-16-08 Finance Committee to Consider Nominations
6-16-08 Finance Panel Set to Confirm Ed Eck to IRS Oversight
6-13-08 Baucus, Grassley Announce Opportunities for Public To View June 16 Summit On Health Care Reform
6-12-08 Baucus Introduces Energy, Tax Extenders
6-12-08 Baucus, Grassley Address U.S. Border Security
6-12-08 Baucus Says Senate Vote Shuts Out Seniors
6-12-08 Baucus Statement on Medicare
6-12-08 Baucus Hearing Statement on Trade Preference Programs
6-11-08 Information on the Costs and Offsets of Senator Baucus’s Medicare Bill
CBO score of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (S. 3101)
6-11-08 Update on Senator Baucus’s Medicare Bill
6-11-08 Business Leaders Back Baucus Effort on Extenders
6-11-08 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Medicare
6-10-08 Baucus Condemns Senate Failure To Proceed To Vote On Tax Extenders Legislation
6-10-08 Baucus Bill Extends Energy Incentives, Tax Relief
6-10-08 Baucus Statement on Problems in the Heath Care Marketplace
6-6-08 Baucus Unveils Medicare Reform Legislation with More Help for Seniors, Payment Increase for Docs
Section-By-Section Summary of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008
6-5-08 Finance Reform Hearing Addresses Business Tax
6-5-08 Baucus Statement on Small Business and Tax Reform
6-4-08 Baucus Provisions in Final Budget Protect Seniors, Low-income Americans
6-4-08 Baucus Tax Cuts for Families, Homeowners, Soldiers
6-3-08 Baucus, Finance Panel Tackle Rising Health Costs, Low Quality in Care
6-3-08 Baucus Statement on Rising Costs, Low Quality in Health Care
May 2008
5-29-08 Baucus Welcomes South Korean Announcement Allowing U.S. Beef Imports
5-28-08 Baucus Welcomes WTO Case Against EU Technology Tariffs
5-23-08 Baucus, Grassley Announce Health Reform Summit
5-22-08 Baucus, Grassley Comment on New CMS Rule on Medicare Data-sharing
5-22-08 Baucus, Grassley Win Passage of Tax Relief for Military Families, Veterans
5-22-08 Farm Bill’s Disaster Aid, Reforms & Tax Relief Become Law as Senate Overrides Veto
5-22-08 Baucus Wins Passage of Unemployment Insurance, Medicaid Safeguards in Supplemental Funding Bill
5-22-08 Baucus Statement on Trade Enforcement
5-21-08 Baucus Urges Passage of UI, Medicaid Safeguards in Supplemental Funding Bill
5-21-08 Baucus: Veto Won’t Block Final Farm Bill
5-21-08 Baucus Comment on Medicare Negotiations
5-15-08 Baucus Comments on Currency Report
5-15-08 Baucus Comments on House Tax Action
5-15-08 Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Farm Legislation With Disaster Assistance, Tax Reforms, Tax Relief
5-15-08 Baucus Statement on the Farm Bill
5-14-08 Baucus Condemns Delay In Opening Korean Beef Market
5-14-08 Baucus Says China Policy Needs Focus, Better Ways To Measure Progress
5-13-08 Baucus Seeks Simplification, Fairness, Efficincy In Look At Reforming Individual Tax Code
5-13-08 Baucus Statement on Individual Tax Reform
5-8-08 Baucus Applauds Major Step Toward Protecting Seniors From Unscrupulous Medicare Marketing
5-8-08 Statement of Sen. Baucus Regarding Service to the Public at Social Security Field Offices
5-6-08 Baucus Remarks Kick Off Health Care Reform Hearing Series
5-2-08 Farm Bill News: Tax Agreement Information
5-2-08 Baucus Blasts Bill Cutting Highway Jobs, Funds For Urgent Infrastructure Repairs
5-1-08 Aviation, Highway Leaders Join Baucus and Grassley to Advocate Tax Provisions in FAA Legislation
April 2008
4-30-08 Remarks by Senator Max Baucus Before the Council on Competitiveness
4-30-08 Baucus Statement on the FAA Pension Provision
4-30-08 Finance Provision in the FAA Reauthorization Bill Protects Worker Pensions
4-28-08 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding FAA Reauthorization
4-25-08 Finance, Commerce Leaders Agree On Tax Package To Boost FAA, Highway Trust Fund
4-24-08 Baucus Statement Regarding the Tax Aspects of a Cap-and-Trade Program
4-23-08 Baucus, Rockefeller Applaud House Vote to Block Medicaid Regulations
4-23-08 Baucus, Colleagues Comment on GAO Antidumping and Countervailing Duty System Report
4-18-08 Baucus, Grassley Applaud Steps to Boost Medicare Quality Improvement Program
4-18-08 Baucus Comments on GAO finding on CMS August 17 CHIP directive
4-18-08 Baucus Welcomes Deal on U.S. Beef, Says Korea Must Follow Through
4-18-08 Baucus Remarks Before the American Chamber of Commerce Dinner in Honor of Korean President Lee
4-17-08 Baucus remarks on U.S.-Korea trade relationship
4-17-08 Baucus Statement on the Introduction of Tax Extenders Legislation
4-17-08 Baucus Statement Regarding Nominations
4-16-08 Baucus Stands Firm Against Social Security Private Accounts
4-15-08 Letter Expresses Support for Senate Agriculture Offset Regarding Physician-owned Hospitals
4-15-08 Baucus Outlines Opening Rounds on Tax Reform
4-15-08 Baucus Statement Regarding Fundamentals in Advance of Tax Reform
4-14-08 Finance Committee Leaders Detail Elements of Farm Bill Tax Package
4-11-08 Info on the Likely Structure of Physician Payment “Fix” Proposal
4-10-08 Baucus Comments on House Action on the Colombia Trade Agreement
4-10-08 Baucus, Grassley Tax Relief for Homeowners, Homebuyers, Homebuilders Passes with Senate Housing Bill
4-10-08 Baucus Statement on Tax Related Identity Theft
4-09-08 Baucus Remarks on CHIP Directive
4-09-08 Baucus Comments on House Action Regarding Colombia Trade Agreement
4-09-08 Baucus Comments on TIGTA Identity Theft Report
4-8-08 Baucus Remarks on Housing
4-8-08 Baucus Remarks on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement
4-8-08 Baucus Statement Regarding Iran Sanctions
4-7-08 Baucus Blasts President’s Plan to Force Vote on U.S.-Colombia Trade Agreement
4-3-08 Baucus Delivers Major Trade Address
4-3-08 Baucus Statement on Housing Tax Provisions
4-2-08 Hearing Statement of Sen. Max Baucus Regarding Estate Tax Reform
4-2-08 Baucus, Grassley Offer Tax Relief for Homeowners, Homebuyers, Homebuilders
Baucus-Grassley tax credit provides homeowners a $7,000 credit for purchase of foreclosed homes
Baucus-Grassley Business Tax Provision Saves Jobs, Helps Struggling Companies Survive
Baucus-Grassley Housing Amendment provides new property tax deduction to 28 million Americans4-1-08 Baucus Calls for Sharper Focus to Fight Terror Financing
4-1-08 Baucus Statement on Anti-terrorism Financing
4-1-08 Treasury Department Responds to Baucus/Grassley Letter on Bear Stearns
Text of the Treasury Department’s Response
March 2008
3-26-08 Baucus, Grassley Question Players in Bear Stearns Deal
3-25-08 Baucus Comments on 2008 Trustees’ Reports on Status of Social Security, Medicare
3-18-08 Baucus: Farm Bill Proposal “Dead On Arrival”
3-18-08 Baucus, Grassley Ask HHS To Refine Medicaid Co-Payment Policy
3-17-08 Baucus Comments on Economy, Bear Stearns Sale
3-17-08 Baucus, Colleagues Question USDA Rule on Argentina Beef
3-14-08 Baucus Applauds Senate’s Opposition to Undermining Medicaid, Shifting Additional Costs to States
3-14-08 Senate Confirms Shulman As IRS Commissioner
3-13-08 Baucus Slams Private Accounts in Social Security
3-13-08 Baucus, Grassley Seek JCT Analysis of U.S. Taxation of Sovereign Wealth Funds
3-13-08 Senate Puts Baucus Tax Cuts in Budget for Families, Homeowners, American Soldiers
3-13-08 Baucus Statement on Customs Reauthorization
3-12-08 Baucus Engages Experts On Estate Tax Alternatives, Proposals For Transition
3-12-08 Baucus Comments on Farm Bill Extension
3-11-08 Baucus Concerned Over Defense Department Tanker Deal
3-11-08 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding the Baucus Budget Amendment
3-11-08 Baucus Budget Amendment Will Cut Taxes For Families, Remember America’s Military Men And Women
3-7-08 Baucus, Grassley urge Farm Bill cooperation
3-6-08 Finance Committee Approves Nomination Of Douglas Shulman For IRS Commissioner
3-6-08 Baucus To Schwab: Trade Adjustment Assistance Must Top 2008 Trade Agenda
3-6-08 Update on Upcoming Baucus Tax Relief Amendment to Senate Budget
3-6-08 Baucus Statement on Medicare Hospital Value-based Purchasing
3-6-08 Baucus Statement on the 2008 Trade Agenda
3-5-08 Baucus, Grassley to hold Roundtable discussion on value-based purchasing in Medicare
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3-4-08 Baucus: Court Decision Proves Need for Action to Enforce Lumber Pact
3-4-08 Baucus Will Seek Bans On Unfair Medicare Marketing
3-3-08 Baucus, Finance to Meet Insurance Leaders on Marketing
3-3-08 Baucus Welcomes WTO Challenge Against Chinese Financial Rules
February 2008
2-29-08 GAO Continues Baucus-Grassley Push for Answers on Cayman Tax Havens
2-28-08 Senators write Secretary Rice Regarding Opportunity In Cuban Leadership Change
Floor Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding the Andean Trade Preferences Act
2-28-08 Baucus Statement on Housing
2-27-08 Montana’s Ed Eck Asked To Serve On IRS Oversight Board
2-26-08 Baucus Slams DOJ Failure To Provide Details On No-Bid Contracts
2-26-08 Baucus Applauds Senate Passage of Indian Health Care Improvement Act
2-26-08 Baucus statement on Economic and Fiscal Conditions of the States
2-26-08 Baucus Names Fowler as Senior Counsel
2-25-08 Baucus introduces Medicare “trigger” legislation
2-21-08 Baucus, Grassley comment on Forbes.com story about specialty hospitals
2-19-08 Baucus Sees New Opportunity For Cuba Policy
2-14-08 Baucus Applauds Effort To Protect Medicaid Beneficiaries
2-14-08 Baucus Applauds Finance Provisions In Housing Bill
2-14-08 Baucus Hearing Statement On The International Aspects of a Carbon Cap and Trade Program
2-14-08 Baucus Remarks before the AARP's Board of Directors
2-13-08 Baucus Rebukes CMS Administrator Weems’s At Hearing
2-13-08 Baucus hails WTO Decision On Auto Parts
2-12-08 Baucus Seeks To Improve Collection Of Indian Health Care Reimbursement Dollars
2-7-08 Finance Panel’s Economic Help For Seniors, Veterans Approved By House, Headed To President’s Desk
2-7-08 Baucus Blasts Fraudulent Medicare Marketing
2-7-08 Senate Accepts Finance Committee Economic Stimulus Provisions
2-7-08 Baucus Floor Statement Regarding the Economic Stimulus Agreement
2-7-08 Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus Regarding Marketing by Medicare Private Plans
Max Baucus Seeks To Protect Seniors In Medicare
Unscrupulous Marketing of Private Medicare Plans: A Pervasive Problem
2-6-08 41 Senators Block Checks For Seniors, Disabled Vets, Deny Benefits To Americans Looking For Work
2-6-08 Baucus Floor Statement on Economic Stimulus
2-6-08 Baucus Statement on President’s HHS Budget Proposal
2-5-08 Baucus Blasts Medicare Cuts, Budget Surplus Projection At Finance Hearing With Treasury’s Paulson
2-5-08 Reid, Baucus Fight To Keep Vital Services For Vulnerable Medicaid Beneficiaries
2-5-08 Baucus Hearing Statement Regarding The President’ s FY2009 Budget
2-4-08 Baucus floor Statement on the Economic Stimulus Package
2-4-08 Senators Push for Seniors, Disabled Vets in Stimulus Package
2-4-08 Baucus Comments on the President’s FY2009 Budget Proposal
January 2008
1-30-08 Baucus Statement on Economic Stimulus
1-30-08 Baucus speech on Trade Adjustment Assistance
1-30-08 Baucus Will Not Move Free Trade Pacts In Senate Before Trade Adjustment Assistance Overhaul
1-30-08 Baucus Statement on Medicare Private Fee-For-Service Plans
1-29-08 Baucus Presses IRS Nominee For Quick Action On Stimulus Checks
1-29-08 Senate Finance Committee Reports on Economic Stimulus
America’s Seniors: A Prime Target for Economic Stimulus
Business Tax Relief: Expanded Options for Entrepreneurs in Tough Times
Unemployment Insurance Benefits: Help for Hurting Families, Quick Cash for the Economy
1-29-08 Baucus Statement On IRS Commissioner Nominee
1-28-08 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Responds to President’s State of the Union Address
1-28-08 Baucus, Chambliss Seek Full Enforcement of Softwood Lumber Agreement With Canada
1-25-08 GAO Finds Cracks In Offshore Tax Enforcement
1-25-08 Baucus Calls For Ironclad Rules Opening Korea To U.S. Beef
1-24-08 Baucus, Grassley Write to 136 Colleges, Seek Details of Endowment Pay-outs, Student Aid
1-24-08 Baucus Intends To Move Separate Stimulus Bill In Senate Finance Committee Next Week
1-24-08 Baucus, Grassley letter to CMS on Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
1-23-08 Finance Committee Seeks DOJ Explanation Of No-Bid Contracts For Medicare Settlements
1-22-08 Baucus Explores Tax Rebate For More Americans, Bonus For Families With Children
1-22-08 Baucus Urges Passage of Indian Health Bill
1-22-08 Floor statement of Sen. Baucus on the Indian Health Care Improvement Act
1-18-08 Baucus Comments on Economic Stimulus
1-15-08 Baucus to Launch Economic Stimulus Review in Finance Committee as Senate Reconvenes
1-15-08 Congressional Leaders Warn Against HHS Efforts to Limit Health Care for Low-Income Children
1-11-08 Baucus, Grassley comment on Report on Medicare drug benefit payments to community pharmacies
(*) Senators’ letter to the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General
1-10-08 Grassley, Baucus on Inspector General Report on Physician-owned Specialty Hospitals and Emergency Services
(*) January 2008 Inspector General Report on Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals and Emergency Services
(*) Names of the hospitals reviewed by the Inspector General
(*) Lists of the hospitals that did not meet Medicare Conditions of Participation for at least 1 of the 8 sampled days and hospitals that have a policy to call 911 for medical assistance
(*) March 2006 letter from Grassley and Baucus to the Inspector General
(*) May 2006 letter from the Inspector General to Grassley and Baucus1-08-08 Baucus Comment on Report Regarding Rising Health Care Costs
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