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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>LGBT rights</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-LGBT_rights-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tobacco_tax_extension" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tobacco_tax_extension"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Tobacco tax extension</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tobacco_tax_extension-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voting_rights_for_Washington,_D.C." class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voting_rights_for_Washington,_D.C."> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.3</span> <span>Voting rights for Washington, D.C.</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Voting_rights_for_Washington,_D.C.-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economic_issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1</span> <span>Cuba</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cuba-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Iraq_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Iraq_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.2</span> <span>Iraq War</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Iraq_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Israel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Israel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.3</span> <span>Israel</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Israel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Japan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Japan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.4</span> <span>Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Vietnam" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Vietnam"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.5</span> <span>Vietnam</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Vietnam-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Gun_policy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Gun_policy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Gun policy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Gun_policy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Health_care_reform" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Health_care_reform"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Health care reform</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Health_care_reform-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Senate_finance_committee" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Senate_finance_committee"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6.1</span> <span>Senate finance committee</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Senate_finance_committee-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Opposition_to_single_payer_health_care" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Opposition_to_single_payer_health_care"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6.2</span> <span>Opposition to single payer health care</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Opposition_to_single_payer_health_care-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conflicts_of_interest" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conflicts_of_interest"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Conflicts of interest</span> </div> </a> <button 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class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>2002</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2002-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>2008</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-U.S._Ambassador_to_China" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#U.S._Ambassador_to_China"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>U.S. Ambassador to China</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-U.S._Ambassador_to_China-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Later career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Electoral_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Electoral_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Electoral history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Electoral_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3" title="مکس بوکوس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مکس بوکوس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3" title="مکس بوکوس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مکس بوکوس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%A5%EC%8A%A4_%EB%B3%B4%EC%BB%A4%EC%8A%A4" title="맥스 보커스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="맥스 보커스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%A1_%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1" title="מקס בוקוס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מקס בוקוס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3" title="ماكس بوكس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ماكس بوكس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%82%B9" title="マックス・ボーカス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マックス・ボーカス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%83%D1%81,_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81" title="Бокус, Макс – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бокус, Макс" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Baucus" title="Max Baucus – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Max Baucus" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" 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title="United States Ambassador to China">United States Ambassador to China</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 20, 2014 – January 16, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Locke" title="Gary Locke">Gary Locke</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Branstad" title="Terry Branstad">Terry Branstad</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 15, 1978 – February 6, 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Hatfield" title="Paul G. Hatfield">Paul Hatfield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Walsh_(Montana_politician)" title="John Walsh (Montana politician)">John Walsh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 4, 2007 – February 6, 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Ron Wyden</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Chuck Grassley</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Chuck Grassley</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Chuck Grassley</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Environment Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Montana01 !"><a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Montana's 1st congressional district">1st</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1975 – December 14, 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Shoup" title="Richard G. Shoup">Richard Shoup</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="John Patrick Williams">Pat Williams</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">Montana House of Representatives</a></span><br />from the 18th district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 1973 – January 1975</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Maxwell Sieben Enke</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-12-11</span>) </span>December 11, 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Helena,_Montana" title="Helena, Montana">Helena, Montana</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Ann Geracimos</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1975; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1982)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Wanda Minge</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1984; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2009)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Melodee Hanes</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2011)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Sen._Max_Baucus_on_the_Medicare_Improvements_for_Patients_and_Providers_Act_of_2008.ogg" title="File:Sen. Max Baucus on the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008.ogg">Max Baucus's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="706" data-mwtitle="Sen._Max_Baucus_on_the_Medicare_Improvements_for_Patients_and_Providers_Act_of_2008.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Sen._Max_Baucus_on_the_Medicare_Improvements_for_Patients_and_Providers_Act_of_2008.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/79/Sen._Max_Baucus_on_the_Medicare_Improvements_for_Patients_and_Providers_Act_of_2008.ogg/Sen._Max_Baucus_on_the_Medicare_Improvements_for_Patients_and_Providers_Act_of_2008.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Baucus, as chair of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Finance_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Finance Committee">Senate Finance Committee</a>, speaks on <a href="/wiki/Medicare_Improvements_for_Patients_and_Providers_Act_of_2008" title="Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008">Medicare reform legislation</a><br />Recorded July 9, 2008</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Maxwell Sieben Baucus</b> (<span title="Name at birth"><a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">né</a></span> <b>Enke</b>; born December 11, 1941) is an American politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/List_of_former_United_States_senators" title="List of former United States senators">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a> from 1978 to 2014. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, he was a U.S. senator for over 35 years, making him the longest-serving U.S. senator in <a href="/wiki/History_of_Montana" title="History of Montana">Montana history</a>. President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> later appointed Baucus to replace <a href="/wiki/Gary_Locke" title="Gary Locke">Gary Locke</a> as the 11th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_China" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to China">U.S. Ambassador to the People's Republic of China</a>, a position he held from 2014 until 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-sixth_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sixth-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Committee on Finance</a>, Baucus played an influential role in the debate over <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform in the United States">health care reform in the United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cjr.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation">Joint Committee on Taxation</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works</a>, and was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a>. Before his election to the Senate, Baucus was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> from 1975 to 1978, representing <a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Montana's 1st congressional district">Montana's 1st congressional district</a>. He previously served in the <a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">Montana House of Representatives</a> from 1973 to 1974. His career included charges of conflicts of interest due to his ties to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and his nomination of his girlfriend to be a US Attorney. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Maxwell Sieben Enke was born on December 11, 1941, in <a href="/wiki/Helena,_Montana" title="Helena, Montana">Helena, Montana</a>, to historian and rancher <a href="/wiki/Jean_Baucus" title="Jean Baucus">Jean Sheriff</a> (1917–2011) and Stephen Enke (1916–1974), a demographer and economist.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, born in <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>, Canada, was of German and Scottish descent, and his mother had English and German ancestry. Baucus lived in Los Angeles, California, until he was two, when his mother left his father and returned to Helena.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His mother later married John J. Baucus, and she and her son, Max, took his surname.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baucus graduated from <a href="/wiki/Helena_High_School" title="Helena High School">Helena High School</a> in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After attending local public schools in his hometown of Helena, he attended <a href="/wiki/Carleton_College" title="Carleton College">Carleton College</a> in Minnesota for a year. He then transferred to <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, where he received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">Bachelor of Arts</a> degree in economics in 1964,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was a member of the <a href="/wiki/Sigma_Alpha_Epsilon" title="Sigma Alpha Epsilon">Sigma Alpha Epsilon</a> fraternity. After graduating, he attended <a href="/wiki/Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford Law School</a> and graduated with a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a> in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-baucus_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-baucus-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg/200px-Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="238" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg/300px-Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg/400px-Max_Baucus_1977_Congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Baucus during his time in the House of Representatives</figcaption></figure> <p>After finishing law school, Baucus spent two years working as a staff attorney for the Civil Aeronautics Board and then two years as a lawyer at the <a href="/wiki/Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Securities and Exchange Commission">Securities and Exchange Commission</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved back to his native Montana in 1971 to serve as the executive director of the state's Constitutional Convention, opening a law office in <a href="/wiki/Missoula,_Montana" title="Missoula, Montana">Missoula, Montana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1972, Baucus was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">Montana House of Representatives</a> as a state representative from Missoula.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1974 he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a>, and he was re-elected in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Max_S_Baucus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Max_S_Baucus.jpg/220px-Max_S_Baucus.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="308" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Max_S_Baucus.jpg/330px-Max_S_Baucus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Max_S_Baucus.jpg/440px-Max_S_Baucus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="806" /></a><figcaption>Baucus during his tenure in the U.S. Senate</figcaption></figure> <p>Baucus was elected to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a> on November 7, 1978, for the term beginning January 3, 1979, but was subsequently appointed to the seat by Montana's Democratic Governor <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lee_Judge" title="Thomas Lee Judge">Thomas Lee Judge</a> on December 15, 1978, to fill the brief vacancy created by Senator <a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Hatfield" title="Paul G. Hatfield">Paul G. Hatfield</a>'s resignation. On April 23, 2013, a Democratic official confirmed that Baucus would not seek a seventh term.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Domestic_and_Foreign_Marketing,_Inspection,_and_Plant_and_Animal_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health">Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Production,_Income_Protection_and_Price_Support" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support">Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Hunger,_Nutrition_and_Family_Farms" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms">Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Committee on Finance</a></b> (Chairman) <ul><li>As Chairman of the full committee, Baucus may serve as an <i>ex officio</i> member of all subcommittees of which he is not already a full member.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Taxation,_IRS_Oversight,_and_Long-Term_Growth" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth">Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-term Growth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Fiscal_Responsibility_and_Economic_Growth" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth">Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Committee on Environment and Public Works</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Clean_Air_and_Nuclear_Safety" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety">Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Superfund,_Toxics_and_Environmental_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health">Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure">Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure</a> (Chairman)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Committee_on_Taxation" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation">Joint Committee on Taxation</a></b> (Chairman)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Select_Committee_on_Deficit_Reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction">Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MAXWH.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/MAXWH.jpg/280px-MAXWH.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/MAXWH.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="225" /></a><figcaption>Senator <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a> (left) and Representative <a href="/wiki/E._Clay_Shaw_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="E. Clay Shaw Jr.">E. Clay Shaw</a> (right) with Baucus at the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As a <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> member of the Senate, Baucus was conservative,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and frequently broke with his party on the issues of <a href="/wiki/Taxes_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Taxes in the United States">taxes</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Environmental_policy_of_the_United_States" title="Environmental policy of the United States">environment</a>, health care, and <a href="/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States" title="Gun politics in the United States">gun control</a>. The web site That's My Congress gives him a 23 percent rating on progressive issues it tracks.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committee</a> endorsed Baucus during his <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 2008">2008 election</a> campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_rights">Civil rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Civil rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union" title="American Civil Liberties Union">American Civil Liberties Union</a> rated Baucus at 60 percent in December 2002, indicating a mixed <a href="/wiki/Civil_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil rights">civil rights</a> voting record.<sup id="cite_ref-oti_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oti-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="LGBT_rights">LGBT rights</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: LGBT rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, the <a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Campaign" title="Human Rights Campaign">Human Rights Campaign</a> (HRC) gave Baucus a 67% overall rating indicating having a mixed record on voting for gay rights.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996 Baucus voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a> (DOMA) which prohibited "marriage between members of the same sex in federal law, and provide that no state is required to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states" and defined marriage as being between a single man and a single woman.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2004 he voted against the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in June 2012, he definitively spoke out in support for <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has supported measures to curb job discrimination and hate crimes based on <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">sexual orientation</a>. He voted in favor of the <a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Ask,_Don%27t_Tell_Repeal_Act_of_2010" title="Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010">Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Tobacco_tax_extension">Tobacco tax extension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tobacco tax extension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012, Baucus added to a transportation bill in Congress that extended the regulations covering cigarette manufacturers to "roll your own cigarette" stores that operate mass cigarette rolling machines.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Voting_rights_for_Washington,_D.C."><span id="Voting_rights_for_Washington.2C_D.C."></span>Voting rights for Washington, D.C.</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Voting rights for Washington, D.C."><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus voted against giving voting representation to the District of Columbia.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_issues">Economic issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economic issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg/300px-Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg/450px-Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg/600px-Baucus_Geithner_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a><figcaption>Baucus (foreground) meets with <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_Treasury" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of Treasury">Secretary of Treasury</a> nominee <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Geithner" title="Timothy Geithner">Timothy Geithner</a> (left) in 2008</figcaption></figure> <p>Baucus has a 74% pro-business voting record as rated by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">United States Chamber of Commerce</a>. He twice voted to make filing <a href="/wiki/Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a> more difficult for debtors,<sup id="cite_ref-Max_Baucus_on_the_issues_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Max_Baucus_on_the_issues-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> once in July 2001 to restrict rules on <a href="/wiki/Personal_bankruptcy" title="Personal bankruptcy">personal bankruptcy</a>, and a second time in March 2005 to include means-testing and restrictions for bankruptcy filers. He has frequently visited places of employment within the state and has personally participated in activities that he calls "Work Days".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baucus voted for the <a href="/wiki/Economic_Growth_and_Tax_Relief_Reconciliation_Act_of_2001" title="Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001">Bush tax cuts</a> in 2001. He has usually voted against repealing portions of that bill and against repealing more recent tax cut bills that benefit upper income taxpayers. In 2008, he voted in favor of permanently repealing the <a href="/wiki/Estate_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Estate tax">estate tax</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Max_Baucus_on_the_issues_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Max_Baucus_on_the_issues-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2005, Baucus voted against repealing tax subsidies benefiting companies that <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">outsource</a> U.S. jobs offshore. On January 4, 2007, he wrote an editorial in the <i><a href="/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal" class="mw-redirect" title="Wall Street Journal">Wall Street Journal</a></i> calling on Democrats to renew President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>'s fast-track authority for international trade deals.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the Montana State Senate passed a resolution, 44-6, "that the U.S. Congress be urged to create a replacement for the outdated fast track system".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 27, 2009, he introduced the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Account_Tax_Compliance_Act_of_2009" class="mw-redirect" title="Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009">Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009</a> to Congress together with Representative <a href="/wiki/Charles_Rangel" title="Charles Rangel">Charles Rangel</a>. </p><p>On August 9, 2011, <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Majority Leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Harry Reid</a> appointed Baucus to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress_Joint_Select_Committee_on_Deficit_Reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction">United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environmental_issues">Environmental issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Environmental issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus's environmental record in Congress was mixed. He supported Democratic leadership in voting against oil and gas subsidies and <a href="/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Arctic National Wildlife Refuge">Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</a> drilling, as well as by voting in favor of national standards to reduce oil consumption and spur the use of <a href="/wiki/Hydrogen-powered_car" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrogen-powered car">hydrogen-powered cars</a>. But he voted against the <a href="/wiki/Corporate_average_fuel_economy" title="Corporate average fuel economy">corporate average fuel economy</a> standards (CAFE) and on increasing federal funds for <a href="/wiki/Solar_power" title="Solar power">solar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wind_power" title="Wind power">wind power</a>. He was a leader in the massive <a href="/wiki/Montana_Legacy_Project" title="Montana Legacy Project">Montana Legacy Project</a> conservation project. The <a href="/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters">League of Conservation Voters</a> (LCV) gave Baucus a 79% rating for 2012; Baucus's lifetime LCV rating is 68%. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_affairs">Foreign affairs</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Foreign affairs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cuba">Cuba</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cuba"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a senator, Baucus opposed the <a href="/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba" title="United States embargo against Cuba">United States embargo against Cuba</a> and travel restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Iraq War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus voted for the <a href="/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a>. He voted with a majority of Democrats against Senator <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a>'s amendment stipulating a firm deadline for <a href="/wiki/Withdrawal_of_U.S._troops_from_Iraq_(2007%E2%80%932011)" class="mw-redirect" title="Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)">withdrawal of American combat personnel</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 29, 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baucus's nephew <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine</a> Cpl. Phillip E. Baucus was killed in combat in <a href="/wiki/Al_Anbar_Governorate" title="Al Anbar Governorate">Al Anbar Governorate</a>. Phillip, a 28-year-old resident of <a href="/wiki/Wolf_Creek,_Montana" title="Wolf Creek, Montana">Wolf Creek, Montana</a>, had been a member of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Light_Armored_Reconnaissance_Battalion" title="3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion">3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/1st_Marine_Division_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Marine Division (United States)">1st Marine Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/I_Marine_Expeditionary_Force" title="I Marine Expeditionary Force">I Marine Expeditionary Force</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 10, 2007, the day of President Bush's address on his <a href="/wiki/Iraq_War_troop_surge_of_2007" title="Iraq War troop surge of 2007">plan to increase troop levels</a> in Iraq, Baucus spoke against the increases and called for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Israel">Israel</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Israel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus was one of the Senate's largest career recipients of <a href="/wiki/Israel_lobby_in_the_United_States" title="Israel lobby in the United States">pro-Israel</a> <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">Political Action Committee</a> (PAC) contributions, receiving $550,589 since 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Japan">Japan</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus went on a trade mission in Japan, inspecting the <a href="/wiki/Tesla_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="Tesla Motors">Tesla Motors</a> facility in Tokyo, saying "Tesla is a great example of how exports and trade help the U.S. economy and create good-paying jobs at home in America. Our trade ties overseas help Tesla sell a world-class product that's manufactured in the U.S. by top-notch American workers," Baucus said. "There are millions of consumers in Japan and across the Pacific ready to buy more American-made goods, and we can continue to open those markets and boost U.S. exports with an aggressive trade agenda."<sup id="cite_ref-Equities.com_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Equities.com-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Vietnam">Vietnam</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Vietnam"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 14, 2009, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> published an editorial on Baucus's attitude over Vietnam's "<a href="/w/index.php?title=Tra_fish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tra fish (page does not exist)">tra</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Basa_fish" class="mw-redirect" title="Basa fish">basa</a>" <a href="/wiki/Pangasius" title="Pangasius">pangasius</a>, saying there was no reason for America to launch a <a href="/wiki/Trade_war" title="Trade war">trade war</a> with <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> over <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "He's dead right about a trade issue now percolating in Washington," said the newspaper. The article, entitled "Max Baucus's Fish Sense – Protectionism often hurts the protectionist", outlined this controversial topic in Washington and underlined the possibility that the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Agriculture" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Department of Agriculture">U.S. Department of Agriculture</a> could effectively ban imports from Vietnam of pangasius fish, which are similar to U.S.-produced <a href="/wiki/Catfish" title="Catfish">catfish</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The ostensible reason for the move would be food safety and the USDA is considering whether Vietnamese fish should be subject to a stricter safety inspection regime. But the article noted that there have been no reported cases of Vietnamese fish making American consumers sick and the proposed inspections would be onerous.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It quoted Baucus as telling <i>Congress Daily</i>, "If we expect other countries to follow the rules and drop these restrictions, it is critical that we play by the rules and do not block imports for arbitrary or unscientific reasons."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_policy">Gun policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Gun policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, Baucus cast a pivotal vote in favor of Senator <a href="/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein">Dianne Feinstein</a>'s (D-CA) "Assault Weapons" Ban.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Baucus was one of four Democrats to vote against the <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Manchin</a>-<a href="/wiki/Pat_Toomey" title="Pat Toomey">Toomey</a> Amendment to expand <a href="/wiki/Background_check" title="Background check">background checks</a> for potential gun buyers.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is an avid hunter.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1999, Baucus was the only Democrat to vote against an amendment by Senator <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lautenberg" title="Frank Lautenberg">Frank Lautenberg</a> (D-<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">NJ</a>) that sought to "regulate the sale of firearms at gun shows"— after the <a href="/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre" title="Columbine High School massacre">Columbine High School massacre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stir_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stir-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, he cast one of only four Democratic votes against universal <a href="/wiki/Gun_show_loophole" title="Gun show loophole">gun show background checks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stir_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stir-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Change_Campaign_Committee" title="Progressive Change Campaign Committee">Progressive Change Campaign Committee</a> ran ads in Montana saying: "Senator Baucus, it was WRONG to vote 'no' on stopping gun violence. 79% of Montana voters support background checks. Stand with us, not gun manufacturers."<sup id="cite_ref-we_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-we-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group planned to spend money to unseat Baucus over his vote on gun control in the 2014 election, but he chose not to seek reelection.<sup id="cite_ref-we_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-we-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care_reform">Health care reform</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Health care reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/America%27s_Healthy_Future_Act" title="America's Healthy Future Act">America's Healthy Future Act</a></div> <p>In 2013, Baucus was criticized for his comments concerning the implementation of Obamacare provisions specifically stating it could turn into a "train-wreck". He feared that the changes and their specific implementations would have a negative impact on small business owners stating "When I am home, small businesses have no idea what to do, what to expect. They don't know what affordability rules are; they don't know when penalties may apply. They just don't know.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Baucus was very supportive of the intent of the new legislation saying "I spent two years of my life working on the Affordable Care Act. There is nothing I want more than for it to succeed," he was very critical of the resulting rollout.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Senate_finance_committee">Senate finance committee</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Senate finance committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Senate_Finance_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate Finance Committee">Senate Finance Committee</a>, Baucus called the first Senate meeting of interested parties before the committee to discuss <a href="/wiki/Health_care_reform_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care reform in the United States">health care reform</a>, including representatives from pharmaceutical groups, insurance companies, and HMOs and hospital management companies. Some viewed the meeting as controversial because it did not include representatives from groups calling for <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-payer health care">single-payer health care</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Opposition_to_single_payer_health_care">Opposition to single payer health care</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Opposition to single payer health care"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Advocate groups attended a Senate Finance Committee meeting in May 2009 to protest their exclusion as well as statements by Baucus that "single payer was not an option on the table." Baucus later had eight protesters removed by police who arrested them for disrupting the hearing. Many of the single-payer advocates said it was a "<a href="/wiki/Pay_to_play" class="mw-redirect" title="Pay to play">pay to play</a>" event.<sup id="cite_ref-schultz_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schultz-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A representative of the <a href="/wiki/Business_Roundtable" title="Business Roundtable">Business Roundtable</a>, which includes 35 memberships of <a href="/wiki/Health_maintenance_organization" title="Health maintenance organization">health maintenance organizations</a>, health insurance and <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceutical</a> companies, admitted that other countries, with lower health costs, and higher quality of care, such as those with <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_health_care" class="mw-redirect" title="Single-payer health care">single-payer</a> systems, have a competitive advantage over the United States with its <a href="/wiki/Privatization" title="Privatization">private system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-rn_sh_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rn_sh-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the next meeting on health care reform of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus had five more doctors and nurses removed and arrested.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baucus admitted a few weeks later in June 2009 that it was a mistake to rule out a single payer plan<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> because doing so alienated a large, vocal constituency and left President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s proposal of a <a href="/wiki/Public_health_insurance_option" title="Public health insurance option">public health plan</a> to compete with private insurers as the most liberal position.<sup id="cite_ref-nytimes.com_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytimes.com-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Obama expressed deep frustration with Baucus regarding negotiations over the Affordable Care Act saying "A part of me wanted to get up, grab Baucus by the shoulders, and shake him till he came to his senses."<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baucus has used the term "uniquely American solution" to describe the end point of current health reform and has said he believes America is not ready yet for any form of single payer health care. This is the same term the insurance trade association, America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), is using. AHIP has launched the Campaign for an American Solution, which argues for the use of private health insurance instead of a government backed program.<sup id="cite_ref-cjr.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cjr.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics have said <a href="/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)" title="Medicare (United States)">Medicare</a> is already effectively a single-payer system.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Years after his departure from the Senate, Baucus said it would make sense to seriously consider a single-payer system.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conflicts_of_interest">Conflicts of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Conflicts of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ties_to_health_insurance_and_pharmaceutical_industries">Ties to health insurance and pharmaceutical industries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Ties to health insurance and pharmaceutical industries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus has been criticized for his ties to the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries, and was one of the greatest beneficiaries in the Senate of campaign contributions from these industries.<sup id="cite_ref-schultz_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-schultz-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2003-08, Baucus received $3,973,485 from the health sector, including $852,813 from pharmaceutical companies, $851,141 from health professionals, $784,185 from the insurance industry. and $465,750 from HMOs/health services, according to <a href="/wiki/OpenSecrets" title="OpenSecrets">OpenSecrets</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2006 study by <a href="/wiki/Public_Citizen" title="Public Citizen">Public Citizen</a> found that between 1999 and 2005 Baucus, along with former Senate majority leader <a href="/wiki/Bill_Frist" title="Bill Frist">Bill Frist</a>, took in the most special-interest money of any senator.<sup id="cite_ref-Ari_Berman_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ari_Berman-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only three senators have more former staffers working as lobbyists on <a href="/wiki/K_Street_(Washington,_D.C.)" title="K Street (Washington, D.C.)">K Street</a>, at least two dozen in Baucus's case.<sup id="cite_ref-Ari_Berman_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ari_Berman-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of Baucus's ex-staffers, including former chief of staff David Castagnetti, are now working for the pharmaceutical and health insurance industries.<sup id="cite_ref-Carol_Eisenberg_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carol_Eisenberg-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Castagnetti co-founded the lobbying firm of Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, which represents <i>America's Health Insurance Plans Inc</i>, the national trade group of health insurance companies, the Medicare Cost Contractors Alliance, as well as <a href="/wiki/Amgen" title="Amgen">Amgen</a>, <a href="/wiki/AstraZeneca" title="AstraZeneca">AstraZeneca</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Merck_%26_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Merck & Company">Merck & Company</a>. Another former chief of staff, Jeff Forbes, opened his own lobbying shop and to represent the <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical_Research_and_Manufacturers_of_America" title="Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America">Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America</a> and the Advanced Medical Technology Association, among other groups. <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A statistical analysis of the impact of political contributions on individual senators' support for the public insurance option conducted by <a href="/wiki/Nate_Silver" title="Nate Silver">Nate Silver</a> has suggested that Baucus was an unlikely supporter of the <a href="/wiki/Public_option" class="mw-redirect" title="Public option">public option</a> in the first place. Based on Baucus's political ideology and the per capita health care spending in Montana, Silver's model projects that there would be only a 30.6% probability of Baucus supporting a public insurance option even if he had received no relevant campaign contributions. Silver calculates that the impact on Baucus of the significant campaign contributions that he has received from the health care industry further reduces the probability of his supporting a public insurance option from 30.6% to 0.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to the questions raised by the large amount of funding he took from the health care industry, Baucus declared a moratorium as of July 1, 2009 on taking more special interest money from health care political action committees.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baucus, however, refused to return as part of his moratorium any of the millions of dollars he has received from health care industry interests before July 1, 2009, or to rule out a resumption of taking the same or greater health care industry contributions in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His policy on not taking health care industry money reportedly still allowed him to accept money from lobbyists or corporate executives, who, according to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, continued to make donations after July 1, 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-washingtonpost.com_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-washingtonpost.com-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A watchdog group found that in July 2009 Baucus accepted additional money from the health care industry in violation of his own self-defined moratorium terms, reportedly leading Baucus to return those monies.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, journalist <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Cohn" title="Jonathan Cohn">Jonathan Cohn</a> wrote in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i>: "It's not a huge exaggeration to say Baucus's career represents everything that is wrong with Washington."<sup id="cite_ref-we_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-we-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> reported that 28 former Baucus staffers had lobbied on tax issues during the Obama administration — the most of any member of Congress, and that on a regular basis Baucus would fly lobbyists to his ranch for weekend fundraisers.<sup id="cite_ref-we_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-we-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nomination_of_girlfriend_for_US_Attorney">Nomination of girlfriend for US Attorney</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Nomination of girlfriend for US Attorney"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2008, Baucus, while he was still married to his second wife, nominated his girlfriend and state office director, Melodee Hanes, to the vacant position of <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Montana" title="United States District Court for the District of Montana">U.S. Attorney for Montana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lov_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lov-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reported that according to several people he did not mention his relationship to the White House or to the attorney who tasked with reviewing candidates when he made the recommendation.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hanes then withdrew her nomination before the conflict of interest was discovered, because (according to Baucus) they wanted to be together in Washington, D.C. Both the Senator and Hanes had ended their marriages within the previous year; Hanes had met with the divorce lawyer of Baucus in 2007 at least twice, to discuss how the senator's work would be affected if he were to divorce his wife.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baucus said he was separated from his wife before he began seeing Hanes.<sup id="cite_ref-google.com_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-google.com-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Konane's_Blog_linking_to_resume_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Konane's_Blog_linking_to_resume-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Critics questioned whether he had misused his power to promote his lover and former aide.<sup id="cite_ref-lov_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lov-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Marc_Ambinder" title="Marc Ambinder">Marc Ambinder</a> of <i>The Atlantic</i> wrote: "That Baucus would ignore the conflict of the interest or so easily dismiss it calls into question his judgment and his ethics. That's a scandal."<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_campaigns">Political campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Political campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2002">2002</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="2002 United States Senate election in Montana">2002 United States Senate election in Montana</a></div> <p>The 2002 Montana elections got national attention when Baucus's opponent, <a href="/wiki/Montana_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Montana State Senate">state senator</a> Mike Taylor, accused Baucus of having implied in a campaign ad that Taylor was <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">gay</a>. The ad was paid for by the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Senatorial_Campaign_Committee" title="Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a>, not by the Baucus campaign. The ad, which alleged that Taylor had <a href="/wiki/Embezzlement" title="Embezzlement">embezzled</a> funds from the <a href="/wiki/Cosmetology_school" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmetology school">cosmetology school</a> he once owned, showed footage from the early 1980s of Taylor massaging another man's face while wearing a tight suit with an open shirt. Taylor dropped out of the race and Baucus won with 63 percent of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008">2008</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="2008 United States Senate election in Montana">2008 United States Senate election in Montana</a></div> <p>Baucus sought re-election in 2008 in Montana, a state that has seen political change starting in 2004 when it elected Democratic Governor <a href="/wiki/Brian_Schweitzer" title="Brian Schweitzer">Brian Schweitzer</a> and then in 2006 Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">Jon Tester</a> by a slim margin. Montana was the only state in the U.S. to turn over a chamber of its legislature to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> control in 2006. The legislative chamber had a one-seat Democratic majority that then became a one-seat Republican majority. </p><p>Baucus raised a record amount of money for his 2008 re-election bid, 91 percent of which came from individuals living outside of Montana.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, according to <a href="/wiki/OpenSecrets" title="OpenSecrets">OpenSecrets</a>, Baucus's 2008 campaign raised $11.6<span class="nowrap"> </span>million, only 13 percent of which came from Montana donors; the rest included millions from <a href="/wiki/Health_care_industry" class="mw-redirect" title="Health care industry">health care</a> and other industries overseen by Finance and Baucus's other committees.<sup id="cite_ref-npr.org_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr.org-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>So as Baucus and other lawmakers attempt to craft a bill that can smash through a virtual gridlock of interests, the awkward question lingers: to whom are they more attentive, their voting constituencies back home or the dollar constituencies who are at the Capitol every day?<sup id="cite_ref-npr.org_78-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr.org-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>As a result of Baucus's significant fund-raising advantage, in the week he announced his intention to run for re-election he opened eight state offices – one more than he had official offices in the state. Baucus also announced that he had hired 35 full-time campaign staff members. Baucus won re-election in a <a href="/wiki/Landslide_victory" title="Landslide victory">landslide victory</a>, with 73% of the vote, carrying every county in the state. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Ambassador_to_China">U.S. Ambassador to China</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: U.S. Ambassador to China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_(27267385780).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_%2827267385780%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_%2827267385780%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_%2827267385780%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_%2827267385780%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_%2827267385780%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Kerry_Is_Greeted_by_U.S._Ambassador_Baucus_Upon_His_Arrival_to_Beijing_for_the_U.S.-China_Strategic_and_Economic_Dialogue_%2827267385780%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4623" data-file-height="3082" /></a><figcaption>Baucus greeting U.S. Secretary of State <a href="/wiki/John_Kerry" title="John Kerry">John Kerry</a> at <a href="/wiki/Beijing_Capital_International_Airport" title="Beijing Capital International Airport">Beijing Capital International Airport</a> in June 2016</figcaption></figure> <p>On December 20, 2013, President <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Obama</a> announced his intent to nominate Baucus to the post of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_China" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to China">Ambassador to China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He submitted Baucus's nomination to the Senate on January 7, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A hearing on the nomination was held by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Foreign_Relations" title="United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations">United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations</a> on January 28, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His nomination was reported to the full Senate on February 4, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was confirmed by the full Senate on February 6, 2014 by a vote of 96–0 and Baucus himself voting "Present".<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baucus was sworn in by Vice President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> on February 21, 2014;<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ending the ambassadorship of <a href="/wiki/Gary_Locke" title="Gary Locke">Gary Locke</a>. Baucus cannot speak <a href="/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese" title="Mandarin Chinese">Mandarin Chinese</a>, which was historically unusual for this position.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baucus ended his ambassadorship in January 2017, as President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> nominated <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Iowa" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Iowa">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Terry_Branstad" title="Terry Branstad">Terry Branstad</a> from <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> to serve as the next Ambassador to China. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_career">Later career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Later career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus served on the Board of Advisors to <a href="/wiki/Alibaba_Group" title="Alibaba Group">Alibaba Group</a> until May 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1974" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1974">1974</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1974" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1974">U.S. House of Representatives election</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><b>Max Baucus</b></td><td style="text-align:right;">54.7%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Shoup" title="Richard G. Shoup">Richard G. Shoup</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">45.3%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">9.4%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> gain from <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1976">1976</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1976" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1976">U.S. House of Representatives election</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><i><b>Max Baucus</b></i></td><td style="text-align:right;">66.4%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn">Bill Diehl</td><td style="text-align:right;">33.6%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">32.8%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1978">1978</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1978">U.S. Senate election, Montana</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><b>Max Baucus</b></td><td style="text-align:right;">55.6%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Larry_R._Williams" title="Larry R. Williams">Larry Williams</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">44.4%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">11.2%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1984">1984</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1984" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1984">U.S. Senate election, Montana</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><i><b>Max Baucus</b></i></td><td style="text-align:right;">56.9%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn">Chuck Cozzens</td><td style="text-align:right;">40.7%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">16.2%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1990">1990</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1990">U.S. Senate election, Montana</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><i><b>Max Baucus</b></i></td><td style="text-align:right;">69.8%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Allen_Kolstad" title="Allen Kolstad">Allen Kolstad</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">30.2%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">39.6%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1996">1996</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 1996">U.S. Senate election, Montana</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><i><b>Max Baucus</b></i></td><td style="text-align:right;">49.5%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Rehberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis Rehberg">Dennis Rehberg</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">44.7%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #6A287E"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Reform Party (United States)">Reform</a></td><td class="fn">Becky Shaw</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.7%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #ffe4e1"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Natural_Law_Party" title="Natural Law Party">Natural Law</a></td><td class="fn">Stephen Heaton</td><td style="text-align:right;">1%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">4.8%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 2002">2002</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_2002" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 2002">U.S. Senate election, Montana</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><i><b>Max Baucus</b></i></td><td style="text-align:right;">63%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn">Mike Taylor</td><td style="text-align:right;">32%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #17aa5c"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Green Party (United States)">Green</a></td><td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kelleher" title="Bob Kelleher">Bob Kelleher</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">3%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">31%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="vevent" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%; width: 55%;"> <tbody><tr align="center" style="background: #E9E9E9"> <th class="summary" colspan="100%"><span class="dtstart" style="font-size:120%; float:left; font-weight:bold;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 2008">2008</a></span> <b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Montana, 2008">U.S. Senate election, Montana</a></b></th> </tr> <tr style="background: #E9E9E9"><th colspan="2">Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>%</th></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #3333FF"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td><td class="fn"><i><b>Max Baucus</b></i></td><td style="text-align:right;">73%</td></tr><tr class="vcard attendee"><td style="background-color: #E81B23"> </td><td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td><td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kelleher" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Kelleher">Robert Kelleher</a></td><td style="text-align:right;">27%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td align="right" colspan="3"><b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="The difference in votes between 1st and 2nd place">Majority</span></b></td><td align="right">46%</td></tr><tr style="background: #F6F6F6"><td style="background-color:#3333FF"> </td><td colspan="100%"><b><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> hold</b></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Baucus has one son by his first wife, Ann Geracimos. Baucus and Geracimos divorced in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baucus came under fire from critics calling him a <a href="/wiki/Inside_the_Beltway_(terminology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Inside the Beltway (terminology)">beltway insider</a> who no longer really lived in Montana and only occasionally came to visit.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Until 1991, Baucus owned a house in Missoula, where he practiced law for three years before running for Congress in 1974. He didn't own a home again in Montana until February 2002, when he bought half of <a href="/wiki/Jean_Baucus" title="Jean Baucus">his mother</a>'s house from the ranch started by Baucus's great-grandfather in 1897. </p><p>In April 2009, the Associated Press reported that Baucus and his second wife, the former Wanda Minge, were divorcing after 25 years of marriage and had "parted ways amicably and with mutual respect".<sup id="cite_ref-news.yahoo.com_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.yahoo.com-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 2, 2011, Baucus married girlfriend and former office manager Hanes at the Sieben Ranch in Montana.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Baucus has completed a 50-mile <a href="/wiki/Ultramarathon" title="Ultramarathon">ultramarathon</a> and has crewed for winner and Vermont native <a href="/wiki/Nikki_Kimball" title="Nikki Kimball">Nikki Kimball</a> at the 100-mile <a href="/wiki/Western_States_Endurance_Run" title="Western States Endurance Run">Western States Endurance Run</a>, which he hoped to run in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Max_Baucus&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Shoup">Richard G. Shoup</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Representatives from Montana">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Montana's 1st congressional district">Montana's 1st congressional district</a> </b><br />1975–1978 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="John Patrick Williams">John Patrick Williams</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFBF00;">Party political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Metcalf" title="Lee Metcalf">Lee Metcalf</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 2</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="1978 United States Senate election in Montana">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="1984 United States Senate election in Montana">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="1990 United States Senate election in Montana">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="1996 United States Senate election in Montana">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="2002 United States Senate election in Montana">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Montana" title="2008 United States Senate election in Montana">2008</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Walsh_(Montana_politician)" title="John Walsh (Montana politician)">John Walsh</a><br />Withdrew</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Les_AuCoin" title="Les AuCoin">Les AuCoin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Byrd" title="Robert Byrd">Robert Byrd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Daschle" title="Tom Daschle">Tom Daschle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hefner" title="Bill Hefner">Bill Hefner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_B._Kennelly" title="Barbara B. Kennelly">Barbara B. Kennelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Miller_(California_politician)" title="George Miller (California politician)">George Miller</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill" title="Tip O'Neill">Tip O'Neill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Tsongas" title="Paul Tsongas">Paul Tsongas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Wirth" title="Tim Wirth">Tim Wirth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Response_to_the_State_of_the_Union_address" title="Response to the State of the Union address">Response to the State of the Union address</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1984_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="1984 State of the Union Address">1984</a> <br />Served alongside: <b>Joe Biden, <a href="/wiki/David_L._Boren" class="mw-redirect" title="David L. Boren">David L. Boren</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Barbara Boxer</a>, Robert Byrd, <a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Dante Fascell</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_H._Gray_(Pennsylvania_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William H. Gray (Pennsylvania politician)">Bill Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harkin" title="Tom Harkin">Tom Harkin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Walter_Dee_Huddleston" title="Walter Dee Huddleston">Dee Huddleston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Carl Levin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tip_O%27Neill" title="Tip O'Neill">Tip O'Neill</a>, <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_Pell" title="Claiborne Pell">Claiborne Pell</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Graham" title="Bob Graham">Bob Graham</a><br />Tip O'Neill</div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Hatfield" title="Paul G. Hatfield">Paul G. Hatfield</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Montana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of United States Senators from Montana">U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Montana</a> </b><br />1978–2014 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">John Melcher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">Conrad Burns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">Jon Tester</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">John Walsh</div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Environment Committee</a> </b><br />1993–1995 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Environment Committee</a> </b><br />1995–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(New_Hampshire_politician)" title="Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)">Bob Smith</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a> </b><br />2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="3">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Chuck Grassley</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Chuck Grassley</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a> </b><br />2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a> </b><br />2001–2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New office</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/Congressional-Executive_Commission_on_China" title="Congressional-Executive Commission on China">Joint China Commission</a> </b><br />2001–2003 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Leach" title="Jim Leach">Jim Leach</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="2">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Chuck Grassley</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a> </b><br />2003–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Chuck Grassley</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Senate Finance Committee</a> </b><br />2007–2014 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Ron Wyden</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FACEFF;">Diplomatic posts </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Locke" title="Gary Locke">Gary Locke</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_China" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to China">United States Ambassador to China</a> </b><br />2014–2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Terry_Branstad" title="Terry Branstad">Terry Branstad</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cfc;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial) </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Shelby" title="Richard Shelby">Richard Shelby</a></div><i><b>as Former US Senator </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence">Order of precedence of the United States</a><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">as Former US Senator </span></i> </b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Dodd" title="Chris Dodd">Chris Dodd</a></div><i><b>as Former US Senator </b></i> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output 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(physician)">Parker</a></i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>chargé d’affaires</i>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphrey_Marshall_(general)" title="Humphrey Marshall (general)">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Milligan_McLane" title="Robert Milligan McLane">McLane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Parker_(physician)" title="Peter Parker (physician)">Parker</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.15em 1.0em;line-height:1.2em;">Envoy Extraordinary and<br />Minister Plenipotentiary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bradford_Reed" title="William Bradford Reed">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Elliott_Ward" title="John Elliott Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anson_Burlingame" title="Anson Burlingame">Burlingame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_Browne" title="John Ross Browne">Browne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Low" title="Frederick Low">Low</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Avery" title="Benjamin Avery">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Seward_(diplomat)" title="George Seward (diplomat)">Seward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Burrill_Angell" title="James Burrill Angell">Angell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Russell_Young" title="John Russell Young">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Harvey_Denby" title="Charles Harvey Denby">Denby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwin_H._Conger" title="Edwin H. Conger">Conger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Woodville_Rockhill" title="William Woodville Rockhill">Rockhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Calhoun" title="William J. Calhoun">Calhoun</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#ccf;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912%E2%80%931949)" title="Republic of China (1912–1949)">Republic of China</a> (<a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>/<a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>)</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.15em 1.0em;line-height:1.2em;">Envoy Extraordinary and<br />Minister Plenipotentiary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Calhoun" title="William J. 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Hurley">Hurley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leighton_Stuart" title="John Leighton Stuart">Stuart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:#ccf;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>)</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding:0.15em 1.0em;line-height:1.2em;">Ambassador Extraordinary<br />and Plenipotentiary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karl_L._Rankin" title="Karl L. Rankin">Rankin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everett_F._Drumright" title="Everett F. 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Fulton">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leeds_Kerr" title="John Leeds Kerr">Kerr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_L._Dayton" title="William L. Dayton">Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Cameron" title="Simon Cameron">Cameron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_D._Bright" title="Jesse D. Bright">Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_M._T._Hunter" title="Robert M. T. Hunter">Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Whitcomb" title="James Whitcomb">Whitcomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tillinghast_James" title="Charles Tillinghast James">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_Jr." title="James A. Bayard Jr.">Bayard</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/90px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/135px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/180px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public Buildings and Grounds<br /><span class="nobold">(1857–1947)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_D._Bright" title="Jesse D. Bright">Bright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Foot" title="Solomon Foot">Foot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Gratz_Brown" title="B. Gratz Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_P._Fessenden" title="William P. Fessenden">Fessenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_S._Morrill" title="Justin S. Morrill">Morrill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_L._Dawes" title="Henry L. Dawes">Dawes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Jones" title="Charles W. Jones">Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_H._Rollins" title="Edward H. Rollins">Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Mahone" title="William Mahone">Mahone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leland_Stanford" title="Leland Stanford">Stanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Graham_Vest" title="George Graham Vest">Vest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Quay" title="Matthew Quay">Quay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Fairbanks" title="Charles W. Fairbanks">Fairbanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_E._Warren" title="Francis E. Warren">Warren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_B._Scott" title="Nathan B. Scott">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sutherland" title="George Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_A._Swanson" title="Claude A. Swanson">Swanson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Reed_(politician)" title="James A. Reed (politician)">Reed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bert_M._Fernald" title="Bert M. Fernald">Fernald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irvine_Lenroot" title="Irvine Lenroot">Lenroot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Keyes" title="Henry W. Keyes">Keyes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Connally" title="Tom Connally">Connally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_T._Maloney" title="Francis T. Maloney">Maloney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Andrews" title="Charles O. Andrews">Andrews</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public Works<br /><span class="nobold">(1947–1977)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chapman_Revercomb" title="Chapman Revercomb">Revercomb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Dennis Chávez">Chávez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Martin_(Pennsylvania_politician)" title="Edward Martin (Pennsylvania politician)">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ch%C3%A1vez" title="Dennis Chávez">Chávez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_V._McNamara" title="Patrick V. McNamara">McNamara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennings_Randolph" title="Jennings Randolph">Randolph</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Environment and Public Works<br /><span class="nobold">(1977–present)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jennings_Randolph" title="Jennings Randolph">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stafford" title="Robert Stafford">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Burdick" title="Quentin Burdick">Burdick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Moynihan</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">Chafee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(New_Hampshire_politician)" title="Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid">Reid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Smith_(New_Hampshire_politician)" title="Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Jeffords" title="Jim Jeffords">Jeffords</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Inhofe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Boxer" title="Barbara Boxer">Boxer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Inhofe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">Barrasso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper">Carper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley_Moore_Capito" title="Shelley Moore Capito">Moore Capito</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Chairs_of_the_United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance59" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:US_Senate_Finance_chairs" title="Template:US Senate Finance chairs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:US_Senate_Finance_chairs" title="Template talk:US Senate Finance chairs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:US_Senate_Finance_chairs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:US Senate Finance chairs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Chairs_of_the_United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance59" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Chairs of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">United States Senate Committee on Finance</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Campbell" title="George W. 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George">George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Millikin" title="Eugene Millikin">Millikin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_F._Byrd" title="Harry F. Byrd">Byrd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_B._Long" title="Russell B. Long">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Dole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Packwood" title="Bob Packwood">Packwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_Bentsen" title="Lloyd Bentsen">Bentsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Moynihan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Packwood" title="Bob Packwood">Packwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">Roth</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Grassley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Grassley</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Wyden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orrin_Hatch" title="Orrin Hatch">Hatch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Grassley" title="Chuck Grassley">Grassley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Wyden" title="Ron Wyden">Wyden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Crapo" title="Mike Crapo">Crapo</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the United States Senate"><img alt="Seal of the United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_from_Montana393" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="Template:United States representatives from Montana"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="Template talk:United States representatives from Montana"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States representatives from Montana"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_from_Montana393" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Montana" title="United States congressional delegations from Montana">Members of the United States House of Representatives from Montana</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Territory%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Montana Territory's at-large congressional district">Territorial</a> (1865–1889)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Seat4" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_McLean_(congressman)" title="Samuel McLean (congressman)">McLean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Cavanaugh" title="James M. Cavanaugh">Cavanaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Clagett" title="William H. Clagett">Clagett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Maginnis" title="Martin Maginnis">Maginnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Toole" title="Joseph Toole">Toole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_H._Carter" title="Thomas H. 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Carter">Carter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_W._Dixon" title="William W. Dixon">W. Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_S._Hartman" title="Charles S. Hartman">Hartman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_J._Campbell" title="Albert J. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell_Edwards" title="Caldwell Edwards">Edwards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_M._Dixon" title="Joseph M. Dixon">J. Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Nelson_Pray" title="Charles Nelson Pray">Pray</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Two at-large seats (1913–1919)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Evans" title="John M. Evans">Evans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stout" title="Tom Stout">Stout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin" title="Jeannette Rankin">Rankin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts (1919–1993)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Montana's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Evans" title="John M. Evans">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Washington_J._McCormick" title="Washington J. McCormick">McCormick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Evans" title="John M. Evans">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Monaghan" title="Joseph P. Monaghan">Monaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_J._O%27Connell" title="Jerry J. O'Connell">O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Thorkelson" title="Jacob Thorkelson">Thorkelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeannette_Rankin" title="Jeannette Rankin">Rankin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mansfield" title="Mike Mansfield">Mansfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Metcalf" title="Lee Metcalf">Metcalf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Olsen" title="Arnold Olsen">Olsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_G._Shoup" title="Richard G. Shoup">Shoup</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Baucus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">Williams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Montana's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_W._Riddick" title="Carl W. Riddick">Riddick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Leavitt" title="Scott Leavitt">Leavitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_E._Ayers" title="Roy E. Ayers">Ayers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._O%27Connor" title="James F. O'Connor">O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesley_A._D%27Ewart" title="Wesley A. D'Ewart">D'Ewart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orvin_B._Fjare" title="Orvin B. Fjare">Fjare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeRoy_H._Anderson" title="LeRoy H. Anderson">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_F._Battin" title="James F. Battin">Battin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">Melcher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">Marlenee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">One at-large seat (1993–2023)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Seat4" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Seat</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rick_Hill" title="Rick Hill">Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">Rehberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Daines" title="Steve Daines">Daines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Zinke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Gianforte" title="Greg Gianforte">Gianforte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosendale" title="Matt Rosendale">Rosendale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Downing" title="Troy Downing">Downing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts (2023–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Montana's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Zinke" title="Ryan Zinke">Zinke</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Montana%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Montana's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Rosendale" title="Matt Rosendale">Rosendale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Montana&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_94th–113th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)196" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Montana&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_94th–113th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)196" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>'s delegation(s) to the 94th–113th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/94th_United_States_Congress" title="94th United States Congress">94th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Mansfield" title="Mike Mansfield">M. Mansfield</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Metcalf" title="Lee Metcalf">L. Metcalf</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/95th_United_States_Congress" title="95th United States Congress">95th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Metcalf" title="Lee Metcalf"><i>L. Metcalf</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)<br /></li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_G._Hatfield" title="Paul G. Hatfield"><i>P. Hatfield</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>M. Baucus</i></a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>M. Baucus</i></a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/96th_United_States_Congress" title="96th United States Congress">96th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/97th_United_States_Congress" title="97th United States Congress">97th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/98th_United_States_Congress" title="98th United States Congress">98th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/99th_United_States_Congress" title="99th United States Congress">99th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/100th_United_States_Congress" title="100th United States Congress">100th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Melcher" title="John Melcher">J. Melcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Marlenee" title="Ron Marlenee">R. Marlenee</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/103rd_United_States_Congress" title="103rd United States Congress">103rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/104th_United_States_Congress" title="104th United States Congress">104th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Williams_(Montana_politician)" title="Pat Williams (Montana politician)">P. Williams</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/105th_United_States_Congress" title="105th United States Congress">105th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Hill" title="Rick Hill">R. Hill</a> (R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/106th_United_States_Congress" title="106th United States Congress">106th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rick_Hill" title="Rick Hill">R. Hill</a> (R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">D. Rehberg</a> (R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">D. Rehberg</a> (R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Conrad_Burns" title="Conrad Burns">C. Burns</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">D. Rehberg</a> (R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">J. Tester</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">D. Rehberg</a> (R)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Montana" title="List of United States senators from Montana">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Baucus</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jon_Tester" title="Jon Tester">J. Tester</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Montana" title="List of United States representatives from Montana">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Denny_Rehberg" title="Denny Rehberg">D. 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