Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) - Fantasy Congress

Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
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S.RES.703 Max Baucus 23 Cosponsors 5 points	A resolution designating November 2008 as "National Methamphetamine Awareness Month", to increase awareness of methamphetamine abuse. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, October 2, 2008
S.3672 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	ROAD Act A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve economic opportunity and development in rural States through highway investment, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
S.3673 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Nationwide Freight and Personal Mobility Act A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve highway transportation in the Untied States, including rural and metropolitan areas. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
S.3657 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Military Child Care Act of 2008 A bill to provide additional respite care for spouses of members of the Armed Forces who deploy overseas, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
S.3560 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 50 points	QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Monday, September 29, 2008

S.RES.551 Max Baucus 15 Cosponsors 5 points	A resolution celebrating 75 years of successful State-based alcohol regulation. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
S.3549 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
S.3478 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Energy Independence and Investment Act of 2008 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for the production of energy, to provide transportation and domestic fuel security, and to provide incentives for energy conservation and energy efficiency, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
S.3408 Max Baucus 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Comparative Effectiveness Research Act of 2008 A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide for the conduct of comparative effectiveness research and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a Comparative Effectiveness Research Trust Fund, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
S.3415 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System Act of 2008 A bill to authorize the construction of the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System in the State of Montana and a portion of McKenzie Country, North Dakota, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
S.3335 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 15 points	Jobs, Energy, Families, and Disaster Relief Act of 2008 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
S.3331 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Firearms Fairness and Affordability Act A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require that the payment of the manufacturers' excise tax on recreational equipment be paid quarterly. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
S.3211 Max Baucus 3 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to clarify eligibility for livestock indemnity payments. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
S.1080 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Crow Tribe Land Restoration Act A bill to develop a program to acquire interests in land from eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 19, 2008
S.2124 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Montana Cemetery Act of 2007 A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
S.3101 Max Baucus 4 Cosponsors 15 points	Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Thursday, June 12, 2008
S.3125 Max Baucus 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Energy Independence and Tax Relief Act of 2008 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
S.3132 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Accelerating Carbon Capture and Sequestration Act of 2008 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide from an industrial source. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
S.1919 Max Baucus 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Trade Enforcement Act of 2007 A bill to establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States, to strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, May 22, 2008
S.2951 Max Baucus 2 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to require reports on the progress of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in addressing causes for variances in compensation payments for veterans for service-connected disabilities. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 1, 2008
S.2924 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act A bill to authorize the production of Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle ultra-high relief bullion coins in palladium to provide affordable opportunities for investments in precious metals, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, April 28, 2008
S.2886 Max Baucus 12 Cosponsors 5 points	Alternative Minimum Tax and Extenders Tax Relief Act of 2008 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to amend certain expiring provisions. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 17, 2008
S.2828 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Glacier National Park Commemorative Coin Act A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue coins commemorating the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National Park, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 8, 2008
S.RES.462 Max Baucus 8 Cosponsors 5 points	A resolution designating the first week of April 2008 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
S.2662 Max Baucus 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare Funding Warning Response Act of 2008 A bill to respond to a medicare funding warning. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, February 25, 2008
S.2532 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2007 An original bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to improve health care provided to Indians under the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Programs, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, January 8, 2008
S.CON.RES.60 Max Baucus 3 Cosponsors 1 points	A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress relating to negotiating a free trade agreement between the United States and Taiwan. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
S.2113 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act A bill to implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement. By Senator Baucus from Committee on Finance filed written report on Friday, December 14, 2007
S.1607 Max Baucus 13 Cosponsors 5 points	Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2007 A bill to provide for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the misalignment, and for other purposes. By Senator Baucus from Committee on Finance filed written report on Friday, December 14, 2007
S.1673 Max Baucus 12 Cosponsors 5 points	Promoting American Agricultural and Medical Exports to Cuba Act of 2007 A bill to facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States citizens, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
S.2438 Max Baucus 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Fee Repeal and Expanded Access Act of 2007 A bill to repeal certain provisions of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, December 10, 2007
S.RES.366 Max Baucus 34 Cosponsors 5 points	A resolution designating November 2007 as "National Methamphetamine Awareness Month", to increase awareness of methamphetamine abuse. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, November 16, 2007
S.2369 Max Baucus 24 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide that certain tax planning inventions are not patentable, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
S.2374 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Tax Technical Corrections Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make technical corrections, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, November 15, 2007
S.2345 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to extend the financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, November 13, 2007
S.635 Max Baucus 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007 A bill to provide for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine production laboratories, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Friday, October 26, 2007
S.RES.347 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	A resolution designating May 2008 as "National Be Bear Aware and Wildlife Stewardship Month". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, October 26, 2007
S.2242 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture Act of 2007 An original bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to establish supplemental agricultural disaster assistance and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for conservation and alternative energy sources and to provide tax relief for farmers, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, October 25, 2007
S.2223 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Habitat and Land Conservation Act of 2007 An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax incentives to promote habitat conservation and restoration, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, October 24, 2007
S.J.RES.22 Max Baucus 30 Cosponsors 5 points	A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to Medicare coverage for the use of erythropoiesis stimulating agents in cancer and related neoplastic conditions. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, October 22, 2007
S.1951 Max Baucus 47 Cosponsors 5 points	Fair Medicaid Drug Payment Act of 2007 A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to ensure that individuals eligible for medical assistance under the Medicaid program continue to have access to prescription drugs, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, August 2, 2007
S.1954 Max Baucus 38 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to pharmacies under part D. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, August 2, 2007
S.1956 Max Baucus 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Tribal Foster Care and Adoption Access Act of 2007 A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, August 2, 2007
S.1906 Max Baucus 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Meth Mouth Prevention and Community Recovery Act A bill to understand and comprehensively address the oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
S.1907 Max Baucus 10 Cosponsors 5 points	Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
S.1893 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 An original bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Friday, July 27, 2007
S.1848 Max Baucus 27 Cosponsors 5 points	Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to address the impact of globalization, to reauthorize trade adjustment assistance, to extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, communities, firms, and farmers, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Monday, July 23, 2007
S.1770 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Stable Fire Funding Act of 2006 A bill to provide for the establishment of emergency wildland fire suppression funds. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
S.1666 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve the process for congressional consideration of international social security agreements. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
S.1624 Max Baucus 4 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that the exception from the treatment of publicly traded partnerships as corporations for partnerships with passive-type income shall not apply to partnerships directly or indirectly deriving income from providing investment adviser and related asset management services. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
S.1593 Max Baucus 30 Cosponsors 5 points	Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 12, 2007
S.1481 Max Baucus 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Fair and Reliable Medical Justice Act A bill to restore fairness and reliability to the medical justice system and promote patient safety by fostering alternatives to current medical tort litigation, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
S.1496 Max Baucus 33 Cosponsors 5 points	Pollinator Habitat Protection Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to include pollinators in certain conservation programs. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
S.1086 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Cyber Safety for Kids Act of 2007 A bill to provide stronger protections to parents regarding their children's access to sexually explicit material over the Internet. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 11, 2007
S.RES.131 Max Baucus 7 Cosponsors 5 points	A resolution designating the first week of April 2007 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week". Passed/agreed to in Senate on Thursday, March 29, 2007
S.940 Max Baucus 10 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
S.RES.108 Max Baucus 6 Cosponsors 1 points	A resolution designating the first week of April 2007 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week". Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, March 15, 2007
S.828 Max Baucus 3 Cosponsors 5 points	On-farm Energy Production Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to make cost-share payments for on-farm energy production under the environmental quality incentives program. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, March 8, 2007
S.696 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Energy Research Act of 2007 A bill to establish an Advanced Research Projects Administration-Energy to initiate high risk, innovative energy research to improve the energy security of the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, February 27, 2007
S.469 Max Baucus 27 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
S.RES.59 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 1 points	An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Finance. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
S.349 Max Baucus 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007 An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional tax incentives to employers and employees of small businesses, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, January 22, 2007
S.307 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	A bill to establish a minimum rate of release for water from the Yellowtail Dam, Montana. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, January 16, 2007
S.248 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Encouraging Work Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and modify the work opportunity credit, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 10, 2007
S.122 Max Baucus 7 Cosponsors 5 points	Trade Adjustment Assistance Improvement Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend benefits to service sector workers and firms, enhance certain trade adjustment assistance authorities, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
S.41 Max Baucus 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Research Competitiveness Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives to improve America's research competitiveness, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
S.55 Max Baucus 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Individual Alternative Minimum Tax Repeal Act of 2007 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the individual alternative minimum tax. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
S.1701 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 110 points	A bill to provide for the extension of transitional medical assistance (TMA) and the abstinence education program through the end of fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. Became Public Law No: 110-48 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
S.2436 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 95 points	A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the term of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Became Public Law No: 110-176 on Saturday, June 6, 1970
S.2499 Max Baucus 1 Cosponsors 95 points	Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 A bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act to extend provisions under the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP programs, and for other purposes. Became Public Law No: 110-173 on Saturday, June 6, 1970

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S.AMDT.5633 Max Baucus 30 points	In the nature of a substitute. Amendment SA 5633 pursuant to the order of September 18, 2008, having achie... on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
S.AMDT.5635 Max Baucus 30 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions, and for other purposes. Amendment SA 5635 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
S.AMDT.4331 Max Baucus 30 points	To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund to ban abusive and inappropriate sales and marketing tactics used by private insurers offering Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans. No Action on Friday, March 14, 2008
S.AMDT.4333 Max Baucus 30 points	To express the sense of the Senate that Medicaid administrative regulations should not undermine Medicaid's role in our Nation's health care system, cap Federal Medicaid spending, or otherwise shift Medicaid cost burdens to State or local governments and their taxpayers and health providers, or undermine the Federal guarantee of health insurance coverage Medicaid provides. Amendment SA 4333 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Thursday, March 13, 2008
S.AMDT.4160 Max Baucus 30 points	To provide tax relief to middle-class families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans. Amendment SA 4160 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote on Thursday, March 13, 2008

S.AMDT.3890 Max Baucus 30 points	To provide for the concurrence by the Senate in the House amendment to the Senate amendments to H.R. 3997, with an amendment. Amendment SA 3890 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Wednesday, December 19, 2007
S.AMDT.3856 Max Baucus 30 points	In the nature of a substitute. Amendment SA 3856 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Friday, December 14, 2007
S.AMDT.3847 Max Baucus 30 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections to military personnel, and for other purposes. Amendment SA 3847 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
S.AMDT.3848 Max Baucus 30 points	Purpose will be available when the amendment is proposed for consideration. See Congressional Record for text. Amendment SA 3848 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
S.AMDT.3660 Max Baucus 10 points	Relative to agricultural supply. Amendment SA 3660 proposed by Senator Baucus to Amendment SA 3500 on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
S.AMDT.3804 Max Baucus 30 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend alternative minimum tax relief. Amendment SA 3804 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent on Thursday, December 6, 2007