Senator Max Baucus

Yesterday, the Co-Chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Representative Jeb Hensarling and Senator Patty Murray announced that it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement available to the public before the committee’s deadline. Senator Max Baucus says Montanans and all Americans deserve better.

The tax credit for businesses to hire veterans cleared final passage in the House of Representatives. After passing the Senate last week, the measure is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. At 20.1 %, Montana currently has the 4th highest unemployment rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in the nation...

In an interview Friday, Senior Senator Max Baucus comments on Republican Congressman Dennis Rehberg’s statement that the Debt Reduction Committee meetings should be open to the public.