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  • Baucus: Thank you. Now let's get to work.

    Max Baucus

    Baucus Serving you is the greatest privilege of my life. Over the past 40 years, I've had one goal: make life better for the people of this state. You don't become the longest serving senator in Montana without a lot of help from a lot of people. I am grateful for the opportunity you have given me. When I asked my hero Mike Mansfield whether I should run for U.S. Senate, he told me it would take a lot of hard work, a lot of shoe leather and a bit of luck. In the next year and a half, instead of campaigning, I want to spend...

  • Passing the smell test: Debt reduction guided by Montana values

    Senator Max Baucus

    I believe we have two choices in life: try or do nothing. For more than two months, I have been meeting with a bipartisan group of 12 members of Congress trying to address our mounting debt. I'm working day in and day out, facing this task with the determination Montanans deserve. Sen. Max Baucus This group has been called the "Super Committee," perhaps because of the unprecedented opportunity and challenge before us. But, in fact, we're simply a group of hired hands. Any authority we have comes directly, and only, from the...

  • Moving Havre forward

    Max Baucus U.S. Senator D-Montana

    There is an old saying "Montana is one small town with really long streets." And I have always said, no street runs longer then Highway 2, or the Hi-Line as most folks call it. And at the heart of the Hi-Line is Havre. Havre is one of those special communities in Montana where you feel right at home even if it is your first visit. And for people who have lived there for years, each day often feels like the first day. Boosting Our Economy In Havre, and across the state, the number one issue is jobs and the economy. Hill...