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HELENA - Since 1996, one-fifth of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus highest-paid staff members have left their jobs to become lobbyists, usually for industries regulated by the powerful committee that Baucus heads, a Missoulian State Bureau analysis shows. All told, Forbes has reported almost $5.4 million in lobbying income since leaving Baucus, representing drug companies, nursing homes, banks and other industries that often appear before the influential Senate Finance Committee, which Montana's senior senator now chairs. D is the prescription drug coverage for seniors covered by Medicare, the government health insurance program for the elderly and the disabled.
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Baucus Staffers in Lobbyist Pipeline
HELENA - Since 1996, one-fifth of U.S. Sen. Max Baucus highest-paid staff members have left their jobs to become lobbyists, usually for industries regulated by the powerful committee that Baucus heads, a Missoulian State Bureau analysis shows.
Take Jeff Forbes, for example. In 2003, Forbes was Baucus' lead staffer on the Senate Finance Committee working extensively on the Medicare prescription drug bill.Baucus, then the top-ranking Democrat on the panel, was one of the bill's central architects.In late November, just five days b...See the full content of this document
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