Sen. Max S. Baucus

Share this page	Birthdate: b. 12/11/1941 Birthplace: Helena, MT District: represents MT Political Party: Democratic Religion: United Church of Christ Education: LLB, Stanford University Law School, 1967 BA, Economics, Stanford University, 1964. Last elected in 2002 receiving 204,853 (63.0%) votes. Official website
Capitol Word Frequency →  tax (614) health (510) help (286) insurance (259) percent (234)
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $7,112,598 (#8) Spent 43% (#484) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 56% (#227) From PACs 37% (#336) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 109 (#47) Total cost $431,887,380 (#60) Received 94 (#52) Total cost $214,084,320 (#65) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 18% left-wing (#209) Predictable 92% (#318) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 20 times (#44) Avg. length 1,375 words (#96) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,088 (#242) Introduced 318 (#21) Debated 43 (#42) Enacted 7 (#100) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement U.S. Chamber of Commerce 20% (1/5 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Handshakes Handshakes are funds that are donated to a politician by a employees of a company, and flow back out to the same company. Earmark Recipient Donations Earmarks Cycle Montana State University $200 $149000 2008
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Robert Jagunich $33,100 on July 16, 2007 2 Dennis Washington $32,800 on March 6, 2007 3 Sheldon Kasowitz $32,700 from May 15, 2006 to June 28, 2007 4 Roger Allman $32,100 on June 27, 2007 5 Wesley Edens $28,900 on June 20, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Homemaker $377,241 2 Self $315,288 3 Retired $116,200 4 National Biofuels $44,000 5 Scheringplough $36,000 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Mr. David C Rich - Greater New York Hospital Association $10,000 2 Theodore Okon - Mr. Theodore Okon $9,000 3 Theodore Okon - Mr. Theodore Okon $9,000 4 Mr. Louis Gerber - Communications Workers Of America $5,000 5 Frank J. Purcell - American Association Of Nurse Anesthetists $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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