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Max S. Baucus

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Connections: Max S. Baucus has direct or once-removed relationships with 1,700 people, organizations or other entities in our database of the most influential people in America. Under a scoring system that gives more weight to direct links, this score is higher than 99% of all entries.

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Muckety connection score: 99

Influence: Baucus has a Muckety influence index of 99 out of 100. This is a measure of power and reach compared with others in the U.S. leadership elite.

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Muckety influence score: 99

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Max S. Baucus

Gender: Male

Born: 1941

Areas of interest:

education

politics & government

Religion: United Church of Christ

Baucus is a graduate of Stanford University.

Personal social network: Much of Baucus's Muckety comes from political connections. His power base is his position as a U.S. senator.

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Muckety news stories featuring Max S. Baucus

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December 23, 2009

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May 21, 2009

Max S. Baucus personal relations:

John Baucus - brother

Phillip E. Baucus - uncle

Zeno Baucus - son

Charles E. Grassley - close friend

Melodee Hanes - spouse

Henry Sieben (deceased) - great-grandfather

Other current Max S. Baucus relationships:

Joint Committee on Taxation - vice chairman

MT congressional delegation - senator

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform - member

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition & Forestry - member

Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - member

Senate Committee on Finance - chairman

Senate Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health - chairman

U.S. Senate - senator

Max S. Baucus past relationships:

1972 Montana Constitutional Convention - executive director and committee coordinator

Wanda Baucus - spouse

Joseph R. Biden Jr. - guest at 2011 wedding

Roger C. Blauwet - tax counsel

David Castagnetti - chief of staff

Civil Aeronautics Board - attorney

Kari Dohn - trade counsel

Michael William Evans - tax counsel & legislative director

Financial markets bailout bill (Senate-10/1/08) - voted for

Shannon Finley - political director

Jeffrey A. Forbes - chief of staff

Ann Geracimos - spouse

Nicholas P. Giordano - tax counsel & legislative director

Melodee Hanes - girlfriend & U.S. attorney nominee

Angela M. Hoffman - trade counsel

Brian Kuehl - chief of staff

Dawn Levy - tax counsel

Greg Mastel - chief of staff

James A. Messina - chief of staff

Montana House of Representatives - member

Scott Olsen - legislative assistant

Brian Pomper - chief international trade counsel

Michael W. Punke - international trade counsel

Torricelli for U.S. Senate - donor

U.S. House of Representatives - former members - B - member

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission - lawyer

Five degrees of Kevin:

We can connect Max S. Baucus with Kevin Bacon in five steps:
Max S. Baucus → U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission →
  Ira L. Sorkin → Bernard L. Madoff →
    Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities →

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Indirect links:

Max S. Baucus has multiple indirect connections to the following people:

Michael D. Crapo

Kent Conrad

Charles E. Grassley

Extended reach:

Among the most influential people in Max S. Baucus's web of second-degree relationships:

John R. Thune

E. Benjamin Nelson

Debbie A. Stabenow

TIP: You can search for once-removed connections between two people by entering both their names, separated by AND.

Congressional & campaign info:

Max S. Baucus is a Democrat from MT

Contact info

Campaign contributors (Center for Responsive Politics)

Personal wealth (Center for Responsive Politics)

Additional Muckety map information sources:

Congressional bioguide

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Helena Independent Record

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U.S. House of Representatives

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U.S. Senate

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Washington Post

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