Jan 24 2009
Power Players: With Health Sector’s Money Supporting Him, Baucus Offers Prescription for Reform
Name: Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
Position: Baucus will continue to be chair of the Senate Finance Committee, a position he has held since 2007 (he was also chair of the committee when Democrats controlled the Senate from June 2001 until January 2003). This committee has jurisdiction over the nation’s largest public welfare programs, including Medicaid and [...]
Jan 8 2009
Daschle and Democrats to Get a Dose of Pharma’s Medicine
Former Sen. Tom Daschle had an easy time today before the Senate panel that’s considering his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services, but he’s likely to encounter far stiffer opposition to the Obama administration’s plans when the job of reforming health care is officially his. The Washington Post used CRP data today to [...]