House-Senate Conference Report Ends Horse Slaughter Ban
House and Senate Appropriations Committees eliminated the ban on domestic horse slaughter. The Agriculture Appropriations conference report was released Monday evening. The conference report is now...
View ArticleTax Credit For Hiring Veterans To Become Law
The tax credit for businesses to hire veterans cleared final passage in the House of Representatives. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMontana Brewers Highlighted
Senator Max Baucus announced his latest “Montana Jobs Economic Engine” yesterday, highlighting the state’s 29 small breweries for providing more than 250 jobs and supporting the state’s grain industry...
View ArticleBan On Horse Slaughter To Be Eliminated
In a 70 – 30 vote, the Senate passed the Agriculture, Commerce/Justice/Science and Transportation Appropriations bill which eliminates the ban on horse slaughter. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View Article'Supercommittee' Fails To Meet Deadline
Today (11-21-11), 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...
View ArticleBaucus Will Continue To Fight To Extend Payroll Tax Cuts
Senator Max Baucus has pledged to continue fighting to extend the payroll tax cut for Montana workers after an initial vote to extend the cut failed in the Senate on Thursday. Experts Say the Tax Cut...
View ArticleBaucus Wants Farmers And Ranchers Repaid
Senator Max Baucus urged the commodity futures trading commission, today, to do everything it can to make sure Montana farmers are made whole in the wake of the MF Global bankruptcy scandal. Baucus...
View ArticleBaucus Statement on Pearl Harbor Attack 70th Anniversary
Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus released the following statement today on the 70th Anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Baucus is the son of a World War II veteran. Read More|Comment...
View ArticleHearing To Examine National Drug Shortage Crisis Hurting Montana Patients...
C/O wellcommons.com Senator Max Baucus brought Billings oncologist Dr. Pat Cobb to testify at a Senate hearing today regarding the national drug shortage crisis. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleBaucus: Families, Not Feds Should Decide Farm Chores
Senator Max Baucus is urging the Department of Labor to stop the proposed expansion of labor rules that would adversely affect Montana farming and ranching families. In a letter to Department of Labor...
View ArticleJapan and Access to U.S. Beef
Japan has initiated steps to improve access for U.S. beef. Senator Max Baucus has led efforts urging Japan to lift its unscientific restrictions on U.S. beef. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleBaucus Says The Keystone XL Pipeline Fight Isn't Over Yet
Senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus says the Keystone XL Pipeline fight isn’t over yet despite the rejection from the White House. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMontana's Deligation Weighs In On Address
Montana’s Senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus reiterated the need to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline project in response to President Obama’s State of The Union address last night. Read More|Comment...
View ArticleHamilton Senior Accepted To Marine Academy
Hamilton High School student Candice Dunagan has been accepted to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York. Dunagan is one of Senator Max Baucus’ 2011 academy nominees. A Congressional...
View ArticleSenator Max Baucus on University of Montana Grant [AUDIO]
Montana’s U.S. Senator Max Baucus announced a nearly $200,000 grant for the Montana Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence this week. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMax Baucus Kicks Off Tourism-Trade Mission With Canada [VIDEO]
Senator Max Baucus kicks off a tourism-trade mission to Canada. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleGrassroots Rally in Bozeman Friday at Noon [AUDIO]
Americans for Prosperity, a conservative activist group, has organized a rally for Friday in Bozeman to protest lack of Congressional action regarding the 'fiscal cliff.' Read More|Comment Continue...
View ArticleBaucus, Tester Take Cautious Approach on Guns
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Two Montana Democrats who could play a big role in the U.S. Senate's debate on gun control are not immediately closing the door on new restrictions. But both U.S. Sens. Max Baucus...
View ArticleCongressman Steve Daines Opens Missoula Office [AUDIO]
Freshman Congressman Steve Daines held an open house Tuesday afternoon to celebrate the opening of his new Missoula Office at 110 West Front Street. Read More|Comment Continue reading…
View ArticleMax Baucus Meets With Montana School Administrators on Rural Education...
In a Monday morning news release, Montana Senator Max Baucus is helping to renew the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP), which provides about $5 million each year that 420 Montana schools rely...
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