Baucus, Hatch Announce Updated Subcommittee Assignments
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced updated member assignments today to the six Subcommittees for the 112th Congress. The members of the Finance Committee have already approved the assignments unanimously. A full list of the subcommittees and updated member assignments follows here: Subcommittee on […]
Baucus Comment on Canada-Colombia FTA Entry into Force
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and EditorsFrom: The Communications Office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)Re: Baucus Comment on Canada-Colombia FTA Entry into Force Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented on Canada and Colombia’s announcement that the Canada-Colombia trade agreement entered into force today. The entry into force of this agreement gives Canadian […]
Stark, Baucus Release GAO Report Showing Private-Investment Nursing Homes Target Higher-Paying Beneficiaries
Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Pete Stark (D-Calif.) and Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the GAO Report: Nursing Homes: Private Investment Homes Sometimes Differed from Others in Deficiencies, Staffing, and Financial Performance. This report, which looks into the quality of care in nursing homes purchased by private-investment firms, is the second responding to a request from […]
Baucus Applauds Progress Delivering Affordable Health Insurance to Millions
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Treasury for their progress establishing Affordable Insurance Exchanges, the new state-based marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on which individuals, families and small businesses will be able to shop for health insurance […]
Joint Statement by Senators Murray, Baucus, Kerry on Joint Committee Appointments
Washington, DC – Senate Democratic Conference Secretary Patty Murray, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry released the following joint statement today after being appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: “We are grateful and humbled that Leader Reid asked us to join this Committee to […]
Baucus, Hatch, Camp, Levin Call on IRS to Ensure an Orderly Reinstatement of FAA Taxes
Tax Committee Leaders Call on IRS to Focus on Resuming Tax Collection Instead of Pursuing Retroactive Taxes Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), with House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.) urged the IRS, in a letter yesterday, […]
Baucus: Health Reform Reducing Costs for Seniors, Increasing Benefits
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) applauded the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announcement today that the premiums seniors pay for prescription drug coverage in the Medicare Part D program decreased this year, for the first time since 2007. Baucus was a chief architect of the Affordable Care Act […]
Baucus Comment on Trade Adjustment Assistance, FTAs
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and Editors From: The Communications Office of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Re: Baucus Comment on Trade Adjustment Assistance and Pending Free Trade Agreements Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on Congress adjourning without passing Trade Adjustment Assistance and the pending free trade agreements with South Korea, […]
Senators to Airlines: Pass Expired Tax Savings Along to Travelers
Senators Call on Large Airlines to Drop Ticket Prices, Refund Passengers for Expired Airfare Taxes while FAA Remains Shut Down Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Finance Committee members Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), as well as Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and […]
Baucus Urges Confirmation of Treasury, Tax Court Nominees
Finance Chair Says Nominees Will Help Improve Economy, Create Jobs, Protect Taxpayers Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today urged the confirmation of Janice Eberly to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and the reconfirmation of Judges Juan F. Vasquez and Maurice B. Foley to the U.S. Tax […]