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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!Sen. Max Baucus' spokesman released a statement Monday responding to an accusation by a former Republican congressman that Baucus was intoxicated when he gave a floor speech Dec. 22. Tyler Matsdorf, spokesman for the Montana Democrat, asked that the statement be carried in full, which it is here: "When his friend of 30 years Ted Kennedy, with whom he had fought so hard to provide health care to children, was being used as a cheap foil to oppose health care reform, Senator Baucus gave a passionate defense. Unfortunately, those who want to kill any meaningful reform, turned it into an ...
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) assigned his then-aide and counsel Melodee Hanes to meet with an attorney in 2007 to discuss a personal issue -- Baucus' planned divorce from his wife, according to billing documents obtained by Lee Newspapers. Baucus is now divorced from his former wife, Wanda, and he and Hanes live together in Washington, D.C. The couple's relationship has come under scrutiny since it was revealed last week that Baucus nominated Hanes for a U.S. attorney position in Montana. According to billing documents, divorce attorney Ron Waterman of Helena, Mont., met with Hanes twice in ...
LOS ANGELES -- Walking out of a restaurant in Los Angeles last week, the former House Majority Leader was stopped by a stranger. "Aren't you Tom DeLay?" the man asked. "Yes, I am." "I am so glad you are out of politics," the man crowed. "Well, so am I," he replied; who says common ground is hard to find? ...
Republicans made clear this morning that the single biggest obstacle to passing President Obama's health care reform will be the question of who will pay for it. Before Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) could even begin the meeting of the Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee, several Republicans objected to holding the mark-up session at all. "This is the most incredible process I've ever been a part of," said Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Pointing to a draft of the bill, he said, "It is a joke if we run through this stack of papers without having some provision, and I suggest we postpone until ...
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