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'''Max Baucus''' is a former [[United States Senator]] from [[Montana]]. A Democrat, he was elected Senator in 1978, winning easy reelections until his retirement in 2015. A moderate, he chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Medicare, Social Security and the central issue of 2009, health care reform.
'''Max Baucus''' is a former [[United States Senator]] from [[Montana]]. A Democrat, he was elected Senator in 1978, winning easy reelections until his retirement in 2015. A moderate, he chairs the powerful Senate Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over taxes, trade, Medicare, Social Security and the central issue of 2009, health care reform.
Since retiring from the Senate in 2017, Baucus routinely appeared on Chinese state media comparing the U.S. rhetoric about the [[peoples Republic of China]] to [[McCarthyism]] and [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>https://freebeacon.com/national-security/obamas-man-in-china-now-beijings-man-in-washington/</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Baucus is a fifth generation Montanan, from a prominent ranching family. He took undergraduate and law degrees at Stanford in 1964 and 1967, hitch-hiked around the world, then held junior staff positions in Washington. Returning to Montana in 1971, he helped draft a new state constitution. He was elected to the Montana State Legislature in 1973 and served until 1974, when he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Baucus was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1978.
Baucus is a fifth generation Montanan, from a prominent ranching family. He took undergraduate and law degrees at Stanford in 1964 and 1967, hitch-hiked around the world, then held junior staff positions in Washington. Returning to Montana in 1971, he helped draft a new state constitution. He was elected to the Montana State Legislature in 1973 and served until 1974, when he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Baucus was elected to the [[United States Senate]] in 1978.
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[[Category:Former United States Senators]]
[[Category:Former United States Senators]]