Baucus Comments on House Tax Action
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and EditorsFrom: Dan Virkstis for Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)Re: Baucus Statement on Extenders, Mark Up by House Ways and Means Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) made the following comment todayfollowing mark up by the House Ways and Means Committee of tax extender legislation including energy provisions. “I am […]
Baucus Statement on the FAA Pension Provision
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued thefollowing statement today regarding a pending amendment to strike an airline pensionprovision from the FAA reauthorization bill currently before the Senate. The Senate FinanceCommittee has included the pension provision in the tax title (Section 808) of the bill toprotect airline workers’ pensions and taxpayers […]
Baucus Comments on GAO finding on CMS August 17 CHIP directive
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and Editors From: Carol Guthrie for Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Re: GAO finding on CMS August 17 CHIP directive Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) welcomed the news today that the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) exceeded its authority when it issued a proposalthreatening the health coverage of thousands […]
Baucus Comments on House Action on the Colombia Trade Agreement
Memorandum To: Reporters and EditorsFrom: Carol Guthrie for Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.)Re: House action on the Colombia trade agreement Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus commented today following Houseaction regarding the Colombia trade agreement. The Finance Committee has jurisdictionover trade agreements in the Senate. From Chairman Baucus: “The President’s attempt to force a […]
Baucus Comments on TIGTA Identity Theft Report
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and Editors From: Erin Shields for Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Re: TIGTA report regarding tax-related identity theft Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus commented today on a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) indicating that the IRS can andshould be doing more to prevent taxpayer-related identity […]
Baucus Comments on 2008 Trustees’ Reports on Status of Social Security, Medicare
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.),commented today on the latest reports on the status of Social Security and Medicare fromthose programs’ Board of Trustees. The trustees found that Social Security will be able to pay full benefits for more than three decades, and that rising health care costs continue to put […]
Baucus Comments on Economy, Bear Stearns Sale
Washington, DC – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commentedtoday on the sale of Bear Stearns and continuing concerns about the state of the Americaneconomy. Baucus’s Finance panel has jurisdiction over U.S. tax and international trade policy. “The dramatic and unprecedented actions over the weekend by the Federal Reserve and bythe Treasury will be […]
Baucus Comments on Farm Bill Extension
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and Editors From: Carol Guthrie for Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Re: Senate passage of farm bill extension Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus commented briefly today following Senateaction to extend the current farm bill through April 18. The Finance panel passed and hasjurisdiction over a number of elements of the pending […]
Baucus Comment on Report Regarding Rising Health Care Costs
MEMORANDUM To: Reporters and Editors From: Carol Guthrie for Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Re: Baucus comment on report regarding rising health care costs. Finance Chairman Baucus commented late today on new information from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding rising health care costs. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs. From […]
Baucus Condemns President Bush’s Second Veto of Chip Renewal
Washington, DC – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) todaystrongly condemned President George W. Bush’s second veto of legislation to renew andimprove the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Baucus, along with Finance Committeeleaders Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah),wrote the original Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act this year, as […]