Editing Max Baucus (section)

==U.S. Senate==
[[File:Max S Baucus.jpg|thumb|Baucus during his tenure in the U.S. Senate]]

Baucus was elected to the [[U.S. Senate]] on November 7, 1978, for the term beginning January 3, 1979, but was subsequently appointed to the seat by Montana's Democratic Governor [[Thomas Lee Judge]] on December 15, 1978, to fill the brief vacancy created by Senator [[Paul G. Hatfield]]'s resignation. On April 23, 2013, a Democratic official confirmed that Baucus would not seek a seventh term.<ref>{{cite news|last=Killough|first=Ashley|title=Sen. Baucus not seeking a seventh term|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/sen-baucus-not-seeking-a-seventh-term|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423160530/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/23/sen-baucus-not-seeking-a-seventh-term/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 23, 2013|publisher=CNN|access-date=April 23, 2013|date=April 23, 2013}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===

* '''[[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry]]'''
** [[United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health|Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal Health]]
** [[United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support|Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support]]
** [[United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms|Subcommittee on Hunger, Nutrition and Family Farms]]
* '''[[United States Senate Committee on Finance|Committee on Finance]]''' (Chairman)
** As Chairman of the full committee, Baucus may serve as an ''ex officio'' member of all subcommittees of which he is not already a full member.
** [[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth|Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-term Growth]]
** [[United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth|Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth]]
* '''[[United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works|Committee on Environment and Public Works]]'''
** [[United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety|Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety]]
** [[United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health|Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health]]
** [[United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure|Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure]] (Chairman)
* '''[[United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation|Joint Committee on Taxation]]''' (Chairman)
* '''[[United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction|Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction]]'''