“Max Baucus” on The Daily Caller

Senate Democrats who blocked an immigration bill in 2007 say they are undecided on how to vote on the measure this week. (more)

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), one of the chief authors of the healthcare law, suggested Tuesday he did not read the entire piece of legislation. (more)

LIBBY, Mont. – Though the visit by Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to this Lincoln County community was brief, it is possible she gained some insights Monday afternoon into what residents here want and need – and how those forces are opposed in some ways. (more)

With momentum growing behind a GOP bill to repeal a new tax-reporting mandate on businesses, Democratic leaders on Thursday offered an alternative. (more)

The recent behavior of the Obama administration regarding the recess appointment of Dr. Donald Berwick to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) took a new twist a few days ago when the White House resubmitted his name to the Senate Finance Committee for consideration. (more)

Senate Republicans blocked progress on small-business legislation Thursday morning, handing Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) his second legislative defeat of the week. (more)

The Daily Caller has highlighted some of Journolist’s worst moments — such as when liberal members of the media plotted to kill important stories about the presidential campaign. (more)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans could be hit with a big tax increase in the next two or three years despite President Barack Obama’s repeated promises to shield the middle class from higher rates. (more)

One of Obama’s hand-picked fiscal commissioners calls him a liar — Lad mag offers Democrats an econ lesson — Former health care execs cannot stop patting one another’s butts — If you smoke, shoot, or booze, the government robbed you good this year — Obama flunky is crushed that businessmen do not want to listen to her monotone nonsense all day — Why are Democrats punishing the poors who have no jobs?  (more)

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WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans on Thursday defeated Democrats’ showcase election-year jobs bill, including an extension of weekly unemployment benefits for millions of people out of work more than six months. (more)

In the latest iteration of the Senate extenders bill, specifically in an amendment by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus, $58 billion of spending is designated as an emergency.  This is for two types of spending:  (1) unemployment benefits, and (2) aid to states, mostly through the federal government paying a higher share of Medicaid spending. (more)

Senate Democratic leaders were planning to unveil a new, pared-back version of a tax and benefits bill Wednesday because an earlier version of the measure stalled on the Senate floor. (more)

Senate Finance Committee leaders Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) are the hardest working members of Congress, according to the people who work with them on Capitol Hill — their fellow lawmakers, aides and other officials. (more)

Rep. Dan Lungren (R-CA) is introducing legislation to repeal vast new authority for the IRS hidden deep in President Obama’s health care law. (more)

Most people understand that the IRS is likely to need thousands of new agents to enforce the Obama Administration’s new health insurance mandate – starting in 2014, you can either buy health insurance or the government will confiscate your tax refund, at least. (more)

One week from Tuesday, 18 men and women will begin an attempt to fix, in eight months, what is possibly the country’s greatest problem: the federal budget deficit, national debt and runaway entitlement spending. (more)

A whip-smart and dry humored former boss of mine employed a great line when referring to an individual who thought highly of themselves. “Oh yeah. He’s real smart.” (Beat) “Just ask him.” One can’t help but wonder if this quip might prove a fitting summation of President Obama’s bulldozing approach to the health care bill that passed Congress late Sunday night. (more)

From health care to energy independence, Barack Obama seems determined to drive our economy and our liberties over a cliff in his effort to remain faithful to the progressive agenda.
Falling poll numbers and off-year election losses in New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts appear to have been no deterrent. (more)

Congressional Democrats have swapped out roughly 153 pages of the health care bill over the past week in an 11th-hour attempt to get their pork problem under control, the AP reports. (more)