Baucus will not seek re-election in 2014
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April 23, 2013
By Sarah Rosier
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Washington Post reported that Montana Senator Max Baucus will not seek re-election in 2014 and instead will retire. Baucus is currently the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. He is serving his sixth term and was first elected in 1978.[1]
As the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Baucus may now turn his attention fully to tax reform. In the beginning of April, he held a private committee meeting to discuss an overhaul of the tax code.[2]
Baucus had recently been in the news for his vote against the Manchin-Toomey amendment, which would have expanded background checks on gun purchases.[3][4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Baucus to retire rather than seek re-election in 2014, strategists say," April 23, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Sen. Max Baucus moves to reshape tax code," April 8, 2013
- ↑ Doc Stoc, "Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act," April 23, 2013
- ↑ The Hill, "Left attacks Baucus for gun vote," April 19, 2013
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