http://www.mail.com/people/7692-max-baucus.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/7692-max-baucus.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088536-senate-confirms-nurse-to-medicare.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A former intensive care nurse with a businesslike approach to a politically divisive public policy area won Senate approval Wednesday to run Medicare and other major health insurance programs. By an overwhelming 91-7 vote, the Senate confirmed Marilyn Tavenner to oversee Medicare, Medicaid, children's health insurance and coverage for th... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:43:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088536-senate-confirms-nurse-to-medicare.html 2013-05-15T21:43:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081964-senate-finance-to-investigate-irs-targeting-groups.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Max Baucus says the Senate Finance Committee will investigate the IRS targeting conservative political groups, joining a growing list of congressional panels looking into the matter. The Finance Committee would be the first in the Democratic-controlled Senate to announce an investigation. The Montana Democrat is the panel's chairman... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081964-senate-finance-to-investigate-irs-targeting-groups.html 2013-05-13T15:33:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers. With Congress back from a weeklong recess, the bottom line remains familiar: Advocates of broadened checks lack the... Tue, 07 May 2013 14:15:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2067846-gun-control-forces-struggle-to-issue-alive.html 2013-05-07T14:15:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048324-gop-faces-senate-recruitment-woes-key.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republicans are struggling to recruit strong Senate candidates in states that present the party's best opportunities to reclaim the majority, a sign that the GOP's post-2012 soul-searching may end up creeping into the midterm congressional elections. It's admittedly early, with more than 18 months before the November 2014 elections... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:01:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2048324-gop-faces-senate-recruitment-woes-key.html 2013-04-27T08:01:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040992-baucus-exit-free-for-all-mont-senate.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus' surprise announcement that he won't run for a seventh term could mean a free-for-all for a Senate seat that has not been open since 1978, with a popular Democratic ex-governor and a freshman Republican congressman already showing interest. Republicans said the open Montana seat helps their chances to gain six sea... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:34:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2040992-baucus-exit-free-for-all-mont-senate.html 2013-04-24T07:34:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039044-montana-democrat-baucus-rules-7th-senate-term.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus of Montana announced plans Tuesday to retire at the end of his term after a career of enormous power and notable independence, producing both collaboration and conflict with fellow Democrats on major tax and health care legislation. "I don't want to die here with my boots on. There is life bey... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:15:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2039044-montana-democrat-baucus-rules-7th-senate-term.html 2013-04-23T22:15:10Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038374-tax-free-internet-shopping-jeopardized-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax-free shopping on the Internet could be in jeopardy under a bill making its way through the Senate. The bill would empower states to require online retailers to collect state and local sales taxes for purchases made over the Internet. The sales taxes would be sent to the states where a shopper lives. Under current ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:04:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2038374-tax-free-internet-shopping-jeopardized-bill.html 2013-04-23T12:04:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037678-suburbs-playing-key-role-gun-legislation.html QUAKERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — In the emotional politics of gun control, the suburbs seem to be emerging as a new sphere of influence. The Senate's defeat last week of firearms restrictions underscored the nation's shifting demographics and a pronounced divide on the gun issue between Americans in rural areas and residents of suburban enclaves, like Quakertown, o... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:35:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2037678-suburbs-playing-key-role-gun-legislation.html 2013-04-22T21:35:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2031620-gun-votes-carry-big-risks-dems-rural.html WASHINGTON (AP) — There is little mystery, from a campaign viewpoint, at least, about the eight senators who crossed party lines in Wednesday's showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers. The four Democrats who voted against broader background checks are from largely rural states that voted heavily against President Barack Obama last fall. Three of... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:29:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2031620-gun-votes-carry-big-risks-dems-rural.html 2013-04-19T18:29:03Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Internal investigators faulted the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday for years of delays in completing health studies needed to guide the cleanup of a Montana mining town where hundreds of people have died from asbestos exposure. The EPA's Office of Inspector General said in a report that the studies are necessary to deter... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:28:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2029004-epa-blamed-delays-asbestos-study-montana.html 2013-04-18T22:28:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans backed by a small band of rural-state Democrats scuttled the most far-reaching gun control legislation in two decades Wednesday, rejecting tighter background checks for buyers and a ban on assault weapons as they spurned pleas from families of victims of last winter's school massacre in Newtown, Conn. "This effort isn'... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 03:57:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024990-gun-control-loses-expanded-background-checks.html 2013-04-18T03:57:21Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025996-top-dem-sees-train-wreck-health-law-rollout.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Democratic senator who helped write President Barack Obama's health care law stunned administration officials Wednesday, saying openly he thinks it's headed for a "train wreck" because of bumbling implementation. "I just see a huge train wreck coming down," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., told Obama's heal... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:17:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2025996-top-dem-sees-train-wreck-health-law-rollout.html 2013-04-17T20:17:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022330-senate-plans-background-check-vote-wednesday.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate set a long-awaited vote for Wednesday on a bipartisan plan for expanding background checks to more firearms buyers, with supporters facing a steeply uphill path to victory. By scheduling the roll call, Senate leaders ensured a showdown over the cornerstone of an effort by gun control supporters to tighten firearms laws followi... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:44:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2022330-senate-plans-background-check-vote-wednesday.html 2013-04-17T00:44:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016564-gun-measures-moderate-senate-dems-bind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's push for tougher gun measures and expanded background checks has placed several moderate Senate Democrats facing re-election next year in a bind, forcing them to take sides on a deeply personal issue for rural voters. The choice: Either they stick with Obama and gun control advocates — and give an opening to cam... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:42:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016564-gun-measures-moderate-senate-dems-bind.html 2013-04-12T23:42:11Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2013104-lew-budget-deal-with-congress-reached.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew told Congress on Thursday that the Obama administration is optimistic about a budget deal, but he urged lawmakers to consider concessions already made in President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion spending request. In testimony before House and Senate committees, Lew said that the budget request put forward Wedne... Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:30:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2013104-lew-budget-deal-with-congress-reached.html 2013-04-11T21:30:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996376-prospects-arms-treaty-dead-senate.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate opponents of a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade said Wednesday they have the votes to block ratification of the pact, which is also opposed by the outlaw regimes of North Korea, Syria and Iran. One day after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved the treaty, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah sa... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:53:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1996376-prospects-arms-treaty-dead-senate.html 2013-04-03T21:53:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995848-judge-to-retire-sending-racist-obama-email.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but he informed the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:38:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1995848-judge-to-retire-sending-racist-obama-email.html 2013-04-03T21:38:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1985408-obama-shame-us-congress-forgets-newtown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama pressed Congress on Thursday not to forget the heartbreak of the Newtown elementary school massacre and "get squishy" on tightened gun laws, though some lawmakers in his own Democratic Party remain a tough sell on an approaching Senate vote to expand purchasers' background checks. "Shame on us if we've forgotten," ... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:52:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1985408-obama-shame-us-congress-forgets-newtown.html 2013-03-28T21:52:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1975258-senate-democratic-budget-extends-standoff-with-gop.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate gave pre-dawn approval Saturday to a Democratic $3.7 trillion budget for next year that embraces nearly $1 trillion in tax increases over the coming decade but shelters domestic programs targeted for cuts by House Republicans. While their victory was by a razor-thin 50-49 vote, it allowed Democrats to tout their prior... Sat, 23 Mar 2013 18:11:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1975258-senate-democratic-budget-extends-standoff-with-gop.html 2013-03-23T18:11:07Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1967580-senate-vote-85-billion-cuts-avert-shutdown.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved legislation Wednesday to lock in $85 billion in widely decried spending cuts aimed at restraining soaring federal deficits — and to avoid a government shutdown just a week away. President Barack Obama's fellow Democrats rejected a call to reopen White House tours scrapped because of the tightened spending. Federal mea... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:38:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1967580-senate-vote-85-billion-cuts-avert-shutdown.html 2013-03-20T23:38:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1965310-budget-cuts-hurt-trade-policy-official.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The administration's top trade official outlined President Barack Obama's ambitious trade agenda to Congress Tuesday while cautioning that budget cuts are hampering efforts to negotiate new trade deals and enforce existing ones. The administration is currently conducting or preparing to launch three major trade negotiations, acting U.S. ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:45:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1965310-budget-cuts-hurt-trade-policy-official.html 2013-03-19T17:45:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957310-conservatives-confident-gun-measures.html OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Conservatives are all but declaring victory on their defense of gun rights, exuding confidence as calls for aggressive controls in the wake of the Newtown elementary school massacre have given way to scaled-back expectations to firearm restrictions in Congress. "They can call me crazy and whatever else they want, but NRA's nearly 5 m... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:55:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1957310-conservatives-confident-gun-measures.html 2013-03-15T20:55:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1944596-congress-wants-role-obama-pushes-trade-agenda.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants of Asia and Europe. To make that a reality, though, it may first have to negotiate future trade policy a little closer to home — with Congress. The administration hopes to complete talks b... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 16:40:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1944596-congress-wants-role-obama-pushes-trade-agenda.html 2013-03-10T16:40:49Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943854-pro-gun-voters-heat-democratic-senators.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Max Baucus has been here before. Back during the Clinton era, the Democrat faced a choice: support an assault weapons ban urged by a president from his own party and risk angering constituents who cherish their gun rights, or buck his party. He chose the ban, and nearly lost his Senate seat. Now, as he be... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:28:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1943854-pro-gun-voters-heat-democratic-senators.html 2013-03-10T00:28:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1941298-parents-seek-us-probe-sons-singapore-death.html HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Months before Shane Todd's girlfriend found his body hanging in his Singapore apartment last June, the engineer told his parents he thought his life was threatened and that he was being asked to do something that might hurt U.S. national security. They were skeptical from the start when a Singapore detective said their son killed hims... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:05:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1941298-parents-seek-us-probe-sons-singapore-death.html 2013-03-08T19:05:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1920310-senate-confirms-lew-treasury-secretary.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary, affirming President Barack Obama's choice of a budget expert at a time when Congress and the White House are at odds over sharp government spending cuts. The vote was 71 to 26 to support the nomination. A total of 25 Republicans and independent Bernie Sanders of Vermon... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:43:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1920310-senate-confirms-lew-treasury-secretary.html 2013-02-28T01:43:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911908-senate-panel-plans-tuesday-vote-lew-nomination.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee says the committee will vote on Tuesday on the nomination of former White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be treasury secretary. Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana says in a statement that Lew has answered the committee's questions "in a thorough and fully transparent manner" and the commi... Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:36:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1911908-senate-panel-plans-tuesday-vote-lew-nomination.html 2013-02-24T20:36:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1888656-eu-us-to-push-trans-atlantic-trade-deal.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and the United States announced Wednesday that they have agreed to pursue talks aimed at achieving an overarching trans-Atlantic free trade deal. The 27-country EU said such an agreement, first announced in Tuesday's State of the Union address by President Barack Obama, would be the biggest bilateral trade deal ever nego... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:39:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1888656-eu-us-to-push-trans-atlantic-trade-deal.html 2013-02-13T18:39:19Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885556-obama-nation-stronger-gop-plans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Uncompromising and politically emboldened, President Barack Obama urged a deeply divided Congress Tuesday night to embrace his plans to use government money to create jobs and strengthen the nation's middle class. He declared Republican ideas for reducing the deficit "even worse" than the unpalatable deals Washington had to stomach during his first term. ... Wed, 13 Feb 2013 03:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1885556-obama-nation-stronger-gop-plans.html 2013-02-13T03:15:00Z